单词	sedately
释义	sedatese‧date1 /sɪˈdeɪt/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINsedate1 Origin: 1600-1700 Latin past participle of sedare ‘to make calm’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Overall, the wedding was a sedate affair. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Everybody downtown agreed that, if anything, Chicago had become even more sedate. She watched his black, angular figure move at a sedate, clerical pace, across the grass. So while a Hilfiger presentation can sometimes transform into an unruly party, a Nautica show remains sedate and serious. Still, I was fairly sedate compared to the man sitting a couple of seats away. The authors are intensely polite and agreeable, rendering the discussions somewhat rehearsed and far too sedate. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► at a sedate pace  We continued our walk at a sedate pace. 1calm, serious, and formal:  a sedate seaside town The wedding was rather a sedate occasion.2 formal moving slowly and calmly:  We continued our walk at a sedate pace.—sedately adverb
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