-ātlēnə̇s, -lin- noun
( -es )
: the quality or state of being stately: as
a. : impressiveness in scale or proportion : majesty , grandeur
who can deny to the architecture of nature a certain stateliness — W.M.Dixon
b.
(1) : imposing or courtly formality (as in appearance or manner) : aloofness
his stateliness often repelled people
(2) : impressive dignity or loftiness : grandness
a nobility and stateliness of character — Sheldon Cheney
(3) : elevation of style or expression : sublimity
the stateliness of biblical prose