that on the second-to-last day of the job, the convict crew that tarred the plate-factory roof in the spring of '49... wound up sitting in a row at ten o'clock in the morning, drinking icy-cold, Bohemia-style beer... courtesy of the hardest screw that ever walked a turn at Shawshank State Prison.
a. [ Compar. Statelier superl. Stateliest. ] Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, stately manners; a stately gait. “The stately homes of England!” Mrs. Hemans. “Filled with stately temples.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Here is a silly stately style indeed! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]