STOLID


Meaning of STOLID in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But the exit of his stolid and respected predecessor, William J.. Perry, provokes worry and doubt.

Director Thor Steingraber displayed little more than stolid , but unambitious traffic-directing skills.

For the second time Daley had misjudged the voter appeal of a seemingly bland, stolid , young lawyer named Richard Ogilvie.

I must have reached out to him, extended my hand, gave him a stolid smile.

Might he surprise us yet with a daring belied by his stolid dullness?

The stolid chugging, the intense revving of big diesels, the bass throb: it all signalled heavy machinery at work.

The drawbacks of this relationship are its stolid dullness and its tendency to focus power in a small circle of people.

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