Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
STAID
sedate, staid
(adjective) characterized by dignity and propriety
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
staid (comparative staider, superlative staidest)
Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
Synonyms: composed, dignified, regular, steady, Thesaurus:serious, Thesaurus:temperate
Antonyms: fanciful, unpredictable, volatile, wild
(rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary.
Verb
staid
Obsolete spelling of stayed.
Anagrams
• Adsit, adits, tsadi
Source: Wiktionary
Staid,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Staid, a. Etym: [From Stay to stop.]
Definition: Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful. "Sober and staid persons." Addison. O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue. Milton.
Syn.
– Sober; grave; steady; steadfast; composed; regular; sedate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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