English
sedately
From sedate + -ly.
A compound of sedate + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Latin sedeō
Latin sēdō ‘to allay, appease, calm, settle’
Latin sēdātus ‘calm, quiet, composed’
Middle English sedate ‘not painful or sore’
English sedate
Today it means
adv Calmly, without excessive emotion or force; in a composed manner.
Sources
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