Stately and Tawdry

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Stately adjective - Having or showing elegance.

Usage example: a stately dowager in an evening gown

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Tawdry is an antonym for stately.

Nearby Word: statehood

Tawdry adjective - Tastelessly showy.

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Stately is an antonym for tawdry.

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Tawdry and Stately. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stately/tawdry

Stately & Tawdry. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stately/tawdry>.

Tawdry or Stately. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stately/tawdry.

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