sedateness
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se·date 1
(sĭ-dāt′)adj.
Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner.
se·date′ly adv.
se·date′ness n.
se·date 2
(sĭ-dāt′)tr.v. se·dat·ed, se·dat·ing, se·dates
To administer a sedative to (a person or animal); calm by means of a sedative drug.
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Noun | 1. | sedateness - a trait of dignified seriousness serious-mindedness, earnestness, seriousness, sincerity - the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice |
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sedateness
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Translations
رَزانَه، رَصانَه
rozvážnost
adstadighed
nyugodtság
rólegheit, alvörugefni
ağırbaşlılık
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sedateness
n → Gesetztheit f; (of little girl) → ruhige Art; (of colour) → ruhiger Ton; (of furnishings, décor) → Gediegenheit f; (of life) → Geruhsamkeit f; (of place) → Beschaulichkeit f; (of prose) → Bedächtigkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sedate1
(siˈdeit) adjective calm, serious and dignified. a sedate, middle-aged woman.
seˈdately adverbseˈdateness noun
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