staid

• Here I staid, and saw my Lord Chancellor come into his Great Hall, where wonderful how much company there was to expect him at a Seal. —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1660
• Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring. —  Buffalo Pundit
• What with the trunks and the cordage to keep them staid, our wagon looked like a ship of the desert. —  Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses
• A note was despatched to Camden Place, and she staid--staid till ten at night; and during that time the husband and wife, either by the wife's contrivance, or by simply going on in their usual way, were frequently out of the room together--gone upstairs to hear a noise, or downstairs to settle their accounts, or upon the landing to trim the lamp. —  Memoir of Jane Austen
• We are getting too staid, and we need some child-life in the house. —  Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book

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