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Noun: stateliness  steyt-lee-nus
  1. Impressiveness in scale or proportion
    "The stateliness of the mountain range left the hikers in awe";
    - majesty, loftiness
     
  2. An elaborate manner of doing something
    "she served coffee with great stateliness"

Type of: formality, formalness, grandness, impressiveness, magnificence, richness