staid (adj.)
- arid
- barren
- calm
- collected
- composed
- cool
- decorous
- demure
- dignified
- dry
- dull
- earnest
- earthbound
- formal
- frowning
- grave
- grim
- infertile
- literal
- long-faced
- moderate
- mundane
- no-nonsense
- priggish
- prim
- prosaic
- prosy
- quiet
- restrained
- rigid
- sedate
- serious
- serious-minded
- smug
- sober
- sobersided
- solemn
- somber
- starchy
- stiff
- stolid
- stuffy
- temperate
- thoughtful
- unimaginative
- uninspired
- uninventive
- unoriginal
- unromantic
- unsmiling
- weighty