sedate
adjective/sɪˈdeɪt/
/sɪˈdeɪt/
[usually before noun]- slow, calm and relaxed synonym unhurried
- We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace.
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- quiet, especially in a way that lacks excitement
- a sedate country town
- a sedate family occasion
- a sedate, sober man
Word Originadjective late Middle English (originally as a medical term meaning ‘not sore or painful’, also ‘calm, tranquil’): from Latin sedatus, past participle of sedare ‘settle’, from sedere ‘sit’.
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