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Definition of Sedately
1. Adverb. In a sedate manner.
Definition of Sedately
1. Adverb. Calmly, without excessive emotion. ¹
2. Adverb. With little energy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sedately
1. sedate [adv] - See also: sedate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedately
Literary usage of Sedately
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Amazons: A Farcical Romance in Three Acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1895)
"Lord Litterly—Lady Noeline. Monsieur de Grival — Lady Wilhelmina. Mr. Minchin —
Lady Thomasin. [The couples are formed, and all go out sedately. ..."
2. Memoirs & Travels of Sir John Reresby, Bart by John Reresby (1904)
"This session had gone on smoothly and sedately enough, in both houses, my lord
treasurer having so ordered it, that the king's party increased rather than ..."
3. Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Drydens's by Plutarch (1885)
"... and demeaning himself tranquilly and sedately in adversity ; holding the
opinion that he ought to offer himself to the service of his country without ..."
4. The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1908)
"fancy and began to argue with myself sedately what business I had, after threescore
years, and after such a life of tedious sufferings and disasters, ..."
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