Both Uses of
sedate
in
Crime and Punishment
- He walked along quietly and sedately, without hurry, to avoid awakening suspicion.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- "It's nothing but misfortunes now," she added suddenly with that peculiarly sedate air which children try hard to assume when they want to speak like grown-up people.†
Chpt 2.7 *
Definitions:
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(sedate as in: she is sedate) calm -- possibly also dignified
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(sedate as in: sedate her) make calm or drowsy by giving a drug