Adjective: staid (staider,staidest) steyd
- Characterized by dignity and propriety
"Her staid demeanour was perfect for the formal occasion";
- sedate
- Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
"why is the middle class so staid, so utterly without a sense of humour?";
- stodgy, stuffy
Derived forms: staider, staidest
See also: button-down, buttoned-down [US, informal], conservative, conventional, decorous