sedate
adjective /sɪˈdeɪt/Definition
› avoiding excitement or great activity and usually calm and relaxed: The fight against a chemical storage site has transformed a normally sedate village into a battleground. The speed limit is a sedate 55 mph.Calm and relaxed sedately /-li/ adverb Calm and relaxed
(Definition of sedate adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) cool as a cucumber idiom
- at (your) leisure idiom
- be at peace with the world idiom
- carefree adjective
- careless adjective (NO WORRY)
- comfortably adverb
- easy adjective (COMFORTABLE)
- easy come, easy go idiom
- easy-going adjective
- equilibrium noun
- free-flowing adjective
- harmonious adjective (PLEASANT)
- nerveless adjective
- peaceful adjective (CALM)
- phlegm noun (CALMNESS)
- placid adjective
- poised adjective (CONTROLLED)
- quiescent adjective
- relaxed adjective
- zen adjective
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