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"expansion": "statelie",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "stately"
},
"expansion": "stately",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "statelyche"
},
"expansion": "statelyche",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "statelye"
},
"expansion": "statelye",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "statli"
},
"expansion": "statli",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "statly"
},
"expansion": "statly",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "state",
"3": "ly"
},
"expansion": "state + -ly",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "stour"
},
"expansion": "stour",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, statli, statly; equivalent to state + -ly. Compare stour.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more stately",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most stately",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "stately (comparative more stately, superlative most stately)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"In a stately manner."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsteɪtli/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stately.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stately.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stately.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stately.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-stately.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "stately"
}
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