Se·date a.  Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
     Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.   --I. Watts.
  Whatsoever we feel and know
  Too sedate for outward show.   --Wordsworth.
  Syn: -- Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled; undisturbed; contemplative; sober; serious.
  -- Se*date*ly, adv. -- Se*date*ness, n.
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  sedately
       adv : in a sedate manner [syn: calmly]