staying

verbnouncommon in dialogue

//ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ//

A stay or visit.

verb

1
Also a form of staypresent participle and gerund of stay

noun

1
A stay or visit.
The years that follow are chiefly noteworthy for his intercourse with four clever girl cousins called Southall, and sundry stayings at Moseley with a cheery, literary old grandmother[…]
But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […]

Forms

plural: stayings

statute · A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body.stay · To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or…Stay · A surname.

staying · A stay or visit.

stays · A corset.steadily · In a steady manner; with a steady progression.steady · Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking;…

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