sedate

adj.
Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner. See synonyms at serious.

[Latin sēdātus, past participle of sēdāre, to settle, calm.]

sedately se·date'ly adv.
sedateness se·date'ness n.

se·date² (sĭ-dāt')
tr.v., -dat·ed, -dat·ing, -dates.
To administer a sedative to; calm or relieve by means of a sedative drug.

[Back-formation from SEDATIVE and SEDATION.]

adjective

Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness: earnest¹, grave², serious, sober, solemn, somber, staid. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, heavy/light.

adj

Definition: calm, collected
Antonyms: agitated, excitable, excited, lively, upset

v

Definition: calm
Antonyms: exciting, wild

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IN BRIEF: Calm, not easily agitated.

On a roller coaster, it's very difficult to be sedate.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - rolig, adstadig, støt, sindig

2.
v. tr. - give et beroligende middel

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezadigd

Français (French)
1.
adj. - calme, digne, pas pressé

2.
v. tr. - mettre (qn) sous calmants

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - gesetzt, bedächtig, gemächlich

2.
v. - beruhigen benutzen ein Beruhigungsmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μετρημένος, σοβαρός, νηφάλιος

Italiano (Italian)
posato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tranqüilo, sóbrio

Русский (Russian)
степенный, уравновешенный, успокаивать лекарствами

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - sosegado, sentado, tranquilo, formal

2.
v. tr. - sedar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stillsam, lugn, sansad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 安静的, 稳重的

2. 给...服镇静剂

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 給...服鎮靜劑

2.
adj. - 安靜的, 穩重的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 침착한, (장소가) 조용한, 수수한

2.
v. tr. - ~에 진정제를 마시게 하다, (진정제로) 진정시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 平静な, まじめな
v. - 鎮静剤を飲ませる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رصين, رزين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שליו, מעורר כבוד, שקט, רציני, יציב, נמצא בהשפעת סם-הרגעה‬
v. tr. - ‮הרגיע, השקיט, הרדים‬

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