The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
adj. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive: "the incredibly massive and stolid bureaucracy of the Soviet system” ( John Kenneth Galbraith).
adj. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Heavy; dull; stupid; not easily moved; lacking in or destitute of susceptibility; denoting dullness or impassiveness: as, a stolid person; a stolid appearance.
Synonyms Doltish, wooden.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adj. having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
Word Usage
"As Jess untied the Queen and helped her down, she saw Brian working hard to keep his expression stolid, to maintain the professional unseeing look all the guardsmen had long perfected."