It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— showing or expressing dignity
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Macmillan
— someone who is dignified behaves in a calm way that people respect
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Other Word Forms
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Usage
1 use of ‘dignified’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle