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   sedate

   /sɪˈdeɪt/

   adjective

   • 1. calm, dignified, and unhurried: "in the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace" Similar calmtranquilplacidcomposedserenesteadyunruffledimperturbableunflappabledignifiedseriousserious-mindedformaldecorousproperprimdemuresoberearneststaidstiffstuffyboringinformal:starchystick-in-the-mudslowunhurriedrelaxedleisurelyunrushedslow-movingslow-goingslow and steadyeasyeasy-goinggentlecomfortablerestfulundemandinglazylanguidlanguorousploddingdawdlingleisuredmeasuredsteadyinformal:laid-backOpposite excitingwildfast
   • ▪ quiet and rather dull: "sedate suburban domesticity"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally as a medical term meaning ‘not sore or painful’, also ‘calm, tranquil’): from Latin sedatus, past participle of sedare ‘settle’, from sedere ‘sit’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sedately adverb
   • 2. sedateness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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