n. The state or quality of being sedate; calmness of mind, manner, or countenance; composure; placidity; serenity; tranquillity.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or quality of being sedate; calmness of mind, manner, or countenance; composure; placidity; serenity; tranquillity: as, sedateness of temper; sedateness of countenance.
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n. a trait of dignified seriousness
Word Usage
"No wifely sedateness in this other, nor calm strength of control; but rather the waywardness of mutable desires, rough-shod imperiousness and strange moods."