Adjective

(er)

Serious, organized, and professional; sober

* 1915 , ":

*:He wondered what had become of the boys who were his companions: they were nearly thirty now; some would be dead, but others were married and had children; they were soldiers and parsons, doctors, lawyers; they were staid men who were beginning to put youth behind them.

Always fixed in the same location; stationary

Adjective

(er)

Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.

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, year=2002 , author=Dirk Wittenborn , title=Fierce People , passage=My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus .}}

Dark, lacking color or brightness.