sedate

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 459 words | Copyright

se·date¹ / siˈdāt/ • adj. calm, dignified, and unhurried: in the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace. ∎ quiet and rather dull: sedate suburban domesticity. DERIVATIVES: se·date·ly adv. se·date·ness n. se·date² • v. [tr.] calm (someone) or make them sleep by administering a sedative drug: she was heavily sedated.

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