sedate
suomi-englanti sanakirjasedate englannista suomeksi
tyyni, rauhallinen, hillitty
rauhoittaa, antaa rauhoittavia
Verbi
sedate englanniksi
Of a person or animal, or their behaviour: calm and composed (often in a dignified manner), and avoiding or unaffected by activity or excitement.
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(quote-book) Roger Daniel, printer to the of Cambridge|Universitie of Cambridge(nb...); and are to be sold by William Graves,(nb...)|page=27|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_the-craft-and-cruelty-of_mathew-newcomen_1643/page/n170/mode/1up|oclc=182554056|passage=If they vvill raſhly huddle up all together, and not admitting the leaſt check of a ſedate judgement, publiſh onely the impetuous dictates of their indiſcreet and too precipitant fancie, either yielding nothing, or ſuffering a licentious practice of all things; vve muſt put them in mind of that State Maxime, vvhich is too often made good by the ruine of a Church, (..) Dangerous is that ſeverity, impious that bounty, vvhere to a Chriſtian militant either all things are granted, or nothing permitted in the doubtfull and diſtracted condition of a Church.
(RQ:Locke Education) vvilfulneſs (quote-gloss) evidently ſhevvs it ſelf, and makes Blovvs neceſſary, I think the Chaſtiſement ſhould be a little more Sedate and a little more Severe, (..)
(RQ:Dryden Fables)'' vvas of a quiet, ſedate Temper; ''(w)'' vvas violent, impetuous, and full of Fire.
(RQ:Swift Tale of a Tub)
(RQ:Homer Pope Iliad)
(RQ:Johnson Rambler)
(RQ:Sterne Sentimental Journey)
(RQ:Austen Pride and Prejudice) looked a little paler than usual, but more sedate than Bennet|Elizabeth had expected. On the gentlemen's appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment, or any unnecessary complaisance.
(RQ:F. Marryat Her Father's Name)
(RQ:Dickens Edwin Drood)
(RQ:Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge)
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Of an object, particularly a building: not overly ornate or showy; not having a strong colour or design.
(RQ:Woolf Orlando) until her mind was dizzied with the monotony.
(RQ:Mitchell Gone with the Wind)
(RQ:Carr Book of Small)
(quote-book)(nb...)|page=352|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/goodterrorist00less/page/352/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-224-02323-8|passage=The great hotel, with its look of sedate luxury, brooded massively there with people teeming about it.
(RQ:Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing)|page=74|passage=A ''Scepticiſm'', that's the only vvay to ''Science''. But yet this is ſo difficult in the impartial and exact performance, that it may be vvell reckon'd among the bare ''Poſsibilities'', vvhich never commence into a ''Futurity'': It requiring ſuch a free, ſedate, and intent minde, as it may be no vvhere found but among the ''Platonical Idea's''.
(RQ:Clarendon History)
Of an object: not moving; rest, quiet, still; also, moving smoothly and steadily.
(RQ:Newton Chronology) made crooked vvith great vvindings, that it might be more ſedate and leſs apt to overflovv.
(senseid) To give (a person) a sedative to calm them or put them to sleep|to sleep; to tranquilize.
(RQ:Coetzee Age of Iron)
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(senseid) To make (someone or something) calm or tranquil; to assuage, to calm, to soothe. (defdate)
(RQ:Evelyn History of Religion)
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