stolid
stolid [ STOL-id ] | |
[ adjective ] | |
MEANING : | |
having or revealing very little sensitivity or emotion | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
Central Europeans are widely regarded to be stolid and hard working. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
English is not the inherited language of most people outside the South—the Midwest was swamped by Germans and their stolid mental processes in the 19th century and the East has been continually transformed by non-English speakers. |
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