The word "staid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used as an adjective which means "not changing or developing; settled and conservative". For example, "The staid atmosphere of the library was comforting to her".
Delivering his six-minute defence as a staid Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, looked on, Obama concluded by saying the procedure had saved lives.
I decided to give a southern hemisphere lilt to the rather staid and traditional dips market in the UK and launched my dips line, which has gone on to win awards and gain a cult following.
Charles, a breath of fresh air in the staid Highlands, swept to victory.
Eschewing the staid, overly styled images of the genre, his blog (theselby.com) is as much about homeowners – their holey jumpers and all – as about their covetable apartments, houses and cabins, which are often filled with piles of books, artistic detritus and the normal signs of habitation.
"The Platform is performing in a staid, unexciting way, and there's a slight whiff of scandal about them.
And those who staid in bloody scuffle Knew not the great simplicity.
A more staid presence than the revolutionary leader, Raúl also served as armed forces minister for almost 50 years, a record.
The staid world of patisserie isn't resistant to innovation in SF: Craftsman and Wolves – on a gorgeously food-focused strip of The Mission – dishes up hot salted butter caramel drink with croissant shavings, and their notorious egg-yolk pooling, sausage-studded Rebel Within savoury muffin.
The Writers Guild of America's strike meant that the glitz and glamour of the Golden Globes was replaced with a staid hour-long press conference from a hotel.
Bosch, though it went through Amazon's "pilot season", is something that could be on any of the networks or some of the more staid cable channels, like USA or TBS.
Bored by modern tropes that are as staid in the launches of credible BBC Sound Poll type acts as they are for YouTube teaser-obsessed returning superstars.
