dignified
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- dignifiedly adverb
- dignifiedness noun
- quasi-dignified adjective
- undignified adjective
- undignifiedly adverb
Etymology
Origin of dignified
Example Sentences
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The band played a slow-tempo jazz piece, and the effect was elegant and dignified.
From Literature
Even when he knows it is not dignified, not patriotic.
From Literature
Wet ground conditions across the crematorium mean ashes could not be scattered, because they "may not settle naturally or in a dignified way".
From BBC
There’s the lab-coated museum curator who treats statues in underground storage as dignified friends worth revisiting.
From Los Angeles Times
They concurred that the quip about “G. I. Jane,” in reference to Ms. Pinkett-Smith’s very dignified and public experiences with alopecia, was triggering and unfit for the Oscars.
From Salon
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