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Definition of Stolidest
1. stolid [adj] - See also: stolid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stolidest
Literary usage of Stolidest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"... is speedily walking toward her—with a somewhat beating heart it must he
confessed ; for the stolidest minds have instincts. She knew him and she liked ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1892)
"There be titles for you, would make the stolidest (and not over-squeamish) reader
shout again with laughter. Perhaps the happiest of all English ..."
3. Six French Poets: Studies in Contemporary Literature by Amy Lowell (1915)
"... bird-seller's shops, full of parrots and other gay-plumaged, tropical birds,
fit to rouse the imagination of the stolidest youngster that ever was born. ..."
4. The Age of Shakespeare (1579-1631) by Thomas Seccombe, John William Allen (1903)
"The stolidest natures must have been and were deeply roused by such a marvellous
amplification of the habitable region. At this time, as at another, ..."
5. The Age of Shakespeare (1579-1631) by Thomas Seccombe (1903)
"The stolidest natures must have been and were deeply roused by such a marvellous
amplification of the habitable region. At this time, as at another, ..."
6. Carlyle's Laugh, and Other Surprises by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1909)
"The vein cannot thank the artery, but her solemn indebtedness to him, even the
stolidest admit, and so of me who try, whose effort leaves no sound. ..."
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