Adjective : a sedate party; a sedate horse. From Dictionary.com.
“You alarm me exceedingly, by this moving sedateness.”. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
The sedateness of her aspect and her kind compliance in this meeting gave me hopes. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
But, indeed, she only to make a face at me, so that I did be near like to shake her unto sedateness. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Land] Reference
The rubber was conducted with all that gravity of deportment and sedateness of demeanour which befit the pursuit entitled. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
American yields shyly to her captor, while the sedateness of the prospective matron has already taken possession of the dusky sister. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
A sedateness, a care, an economy, an industry, took possession of them, to which there seemed to be no bounds but in their physical strength. From Wordnik.com. [Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of "Three Years in Europe." With a Sketch of the Author's Life] Reference
Perverse nature, we know, loves not to be prescribed to; although youth is not so well qualified, either by sedateness or experience, to choose for itself. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
He walked apart and did not condescend to idle chatter with his companions, but, as it were, tried to show everyone, even the fog, his sedateness and discretion. From Wordnik.com. [The Witch, and other stories] Reference
His wife, whose costume I will not describe and whose state of mind I shall not explore, showed a subdued sedateness -- though a glad -- which restored the balance. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
Constant employment had developed my mind, and I flattered myself on having acquired a wisdom and sedateness such as ten years of quiet experience could not have given me. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Visitors] Reference
He had no mischievous tricks; he was never noisy; he would sit by himself in a corner with a book, and with such sedateness and propriety, never even leaning back in his chair. From Wordnik.com. [A Sportsman's Sketches] Reference
Carlo walking with unusual sedateness by her side. From Wordnik.com. [The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service] Reference
Their simplicity, fervor, and sedateness had won his regard. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges] Reference
"What civility, and deference, and sedateness of mind, Silas!". From Wordnik.com. [Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk] Reference
Evan's appearance discompose the sad sedateness of his demeanour. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
"The lamb has an entirely unmerited character for sedateness," agreed. From Wordnik.com. [Beasts and Super-Beasts] Reference
Grace lapsed into unwonted sedateness, and avoiding the question, said. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
Wych Hazel bowed her head with extreme sedateness and went on with her dinner. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold of Chickaree] Reference
Colonel De Craye was talking with English sedateness to the ladies Eleanor and Isabel. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Rhoda did not miss the humorous intention, veiled, as usual, under a manner of extreme sedateness. From Wordnik.com. [The Odd Women] Reference
She took her seat, as she had moved, with sedateness, the exchange of a toneless word with my lord. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete] Reference
The sedateness of his deportment and the apparent regularity of his life delighted austere moralists. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5] Reference
"You look forward to other people's grey hair and sedateness of face, though you will not to your own.". From Wordnik.com. [Deerbrook] Reference
Perhaps it was this very sedateness -- this polished reserve -- that formed the spring of my suspicion. From Wordnik.com. [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference
Clifford was left with knitted brows and uneasy mind; he had not believed her capable of this sedateness. From Wordnik.com. [The Emancipated] Reference
There were some who lounged with a false sedateness, and some who fluttered in an equally false timidity. From Wordnik.com. [Here are Ladies] Reference
She looked across the dining-room to where the child was talking with old-fashioned sedateness to her father. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Desert] Reference
Adela said: "Thank you," with exasperating sedateness, which provoked an intemperate outburst from Mrs. Chump. From Wordnik.com. [Sandra Belloni — Complete] Reference
Our Navajo-blanket audacities will tone down to wall-tapestry sedateness -- but not too, too soon, I pray the gods!. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie Mother] Reference
And the Countess can look a profound merriment with perfect sedateness when there appears to be an equivoque in company. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
A conspicuous exception to the rule of philosophic sedateness in newly caught birds is the loon, or great northern diver. From Wordnik.com. [The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations] Reference
She continued this with a certain sedateness and concentration until the tassel went beyond her reach and caught in the curtain. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Desert] Reference
It was rather unreasonable of him, she thought at first, to be otherwise than content with the young girl in her new sedateness. From Wordnik.com. [Janet's Love and Service] Reference
Yet were the priests now and then angry with him for his great sedateness and reservedness, which they called pride and haughtiness. From Wordnik.com. [Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament.] Reference
The lawyers were clothed in sheep-skin, to remind them of the attributes of their calling -- innocence, faithfulness, and sedateness. From Wordnik.com. [Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament.] Reference
The inhabitants are distinguished for their sedateness and moderation; old age is more respected by them than by any other community. From Wordnik.com. [Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament.] Reference
Nile-barge; and the sedateness of his plea for a cause condemned even in his time to the penitentiary, is a novel effect of the ludicrous. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
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