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Stail :: Staidness (n.) The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity..

Trifle :: Trifle (n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements..

Inanity :: Inanity (n.) Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.

Sermon :: Sermon (n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense..

Fault :: Fault (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

Serio-comical :: Serio-comical (a.) Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.

Sadden :: Sadden (v. t.) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.

Pensive :: Pensive (a.) Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing..

Ridiculous :: Ridiculous (a.) Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior..

Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face..

Epitrope :: Epitrope (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., He that is unjust, let him be unjust still..

Afford :: Afford (v. t.) To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough..

Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous..

Sage :: Sage (superl.) Grave; serious; solemn.

Quiz :: Quiz (v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions..

Jesting :: Jesting (a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.

Homily :: Homily (n.) A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

Serious :: Serious (a.) Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury..

Thought :: Thought (n.) Meditation; serious consideration.

Sober :: Sober (superl.) Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate..

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