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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sedate \Se*date"\, a. [L. sedatus p. p. of sedare, sedatum to
allay, calm, causative of sedere to sit See {Sit}.]
Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene;
not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as a sedate soul,
mind, or temper.
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and
sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate
truth. --I. Watts.
Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward
show --Wordsworth.
Syn: Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still serene;
unruffled; undisturbed; contemplative; sober; serious.
-- {Se*date"ly}, adv -- {Se*date"ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sedateness
n : a trait of dignified seriousness [syn: {staidness}, {solemnity},
{solemness}]
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