Meaning & use
sedate
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Calm, dignified, and unhurried in manner or pace.
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The retired couple preferred a sedate lifestyle in a quiet coastal town.
The meeting proceeded at a sedate pace compared to the chaos of the week before.
A note on using this word
As a verb, "sedate" instead means to calm someone with a sedative drug, a distinct medical sense.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To give a person or animal a drug to calm them or make them sleep.
The vet had to sedate the dog before the X-ray.
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