sedately

1. 1.

   in a sedate manner

   Synonymscalmly

Questions about sedately

What does sedately mean?

sedately means "in a sedate manner".

How many syllables are in sedately?

sedately has 3 syllables: seda-te-ly. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /sɪˈdeɪtli/.

What is another word for sedately?

Close synonyms include calmly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sedately a common word?

sedately is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.