Stately vs Despotic - What's the difference?
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Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.
* 2010 , "An own goal on gay rights", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:
Imposing; grand, impressive.
Of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.
Acting or ruling as a despot, tyrannical.
Stately is a related term of despotic.
As adjectives the difference between stately and despotic
is that stately is of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect while despotic is of or pertaining to a despot or tyrant.As an adverb stately
is in a stately manner.stately
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Adjective
(er)- Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
- And much as they welcome his promise to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell”, they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.
despotic
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Alternative forms
* despotickAdjective
(en adjective)- This despotic age of the empire ended in a revolt.
- The despotic king dissolved the parliament, and took personal control of the country.