statuesque
adjective
like or suggesting a statue, as in massive or majestic dignity, grace, or beauty.
statuesquely
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a word derived from
statuesque.
Example Sentences
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Seven times in a few weeks her familiar figure swept statuesquely into London theaters and cinemas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Former Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes sat statuesquely for 45 minutes before intoning: "And now, lettest thou thy servant depart in peace."
From Time Magazine Archive
This cycle of repression and catharsis is endowed with the mysteries of personality and feeling by Actress Barrymore, statuesquely assisted by Louis Calhern.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poised figure of the lawyer, drawn statuesquely upright, winced as painfully as though a trusted hand had smitten him, and in his abrupt change of expression was betrayal of dismay and chagrin.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
His creations are statuesquely moulded like Goethe's, but they have the same quick music of heart-throbs that Shakespere's have.
From A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop
