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Meanings of
sedateness
in English
Portuguese
solenidade
Catalan
solemnitat
Spanish
calma
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A trait of dignified seriousness.
solemnity
staidness
solemness
Portuguese
solenidade
Synonyms
Examples for "
solemnity
"
solemnity
staidness
solemness
Examples for "
solemnity
"
1
And you shall keep the
solemnity
thereof seven days in the year.
2
There is a striking
solemnity
in the answer of Pantheus to Aeneas:
3
The silence and the
solemnity
of the whole seemed to him extraordinary.
4
The ceremony was performed in the accustomed manner, and with due
solemnity
.
5
The
solemnity
of the scene accorded with the importance of his undertaking.
1
On the whole the
staidness
of the courtship was pleasing to her.
2
You might be thirty, Ruth, instead of twenty-two, by the
staidness
of your demeanor.
3
She thought only of women of her mother's age and
staidness
,
who wore bonnets.
4
To-night Honor walked upstairs with unwonted
staidness
and gravity.
5
He achieved a
staidness
,
and calmness, and philosophic tolerance.
1
She said it with such an earnest
solemness
that her companions shouted with laughter.
2
A wave of
solemness
came over the room.
3
Say-look at that awful gravity-lookat that pallid
solemness
-
there
ain't any corpse can lay over it.
4
And 'twas as if she were some prophetess who spoke, her face and eyes glowed with such fire and
solemness
.
5
'I will, in all
solemness
and truth.'
Usage of
sedateness
in English
1
He invented the most wonderful stories, and told them with imperturbable
sedateness
.
2
Let us then, my Imogen, compose ourselves to the
sedateness
of despair.
3
Her wonted
sedateness
vanished as she thus became her daughter's playmate.
4
She again noticed my
sedateness
,
and inquired into the cause.
5
There is another passion but its
sedateness
hardly qualifies it for that intense term.
6
They seemed very solemn, but Keith sensed the happy spirit underlying their outward
sedateness
.
7
Wych Hazel bowed her head with extreme
sedateness
and went on with her dinner.
8
At this the three big hussies felt alarmed, stepped back, and subsided into
sedateness
.
9
The
sedateness
of her aspect and her kind compliance in this meeting gave me hopes.
10
She has left off the giddiness of childhood to take on the
sedateness
of youth.
11
While she spoke this she began gradually to gain a more entire
sedateness
and self-command.
12
I had behaved with unusual
sedateness
,
had showed an aplomb I had never before evidenced.
13
But if you do attend, observe gravity and
sedateness
,
and also avoid making yourself disagreeable.
14
Their simplicity, fervor, and
sedateness
had won his regard.
15
The
sedateness
of this announcement was inexpressible, coming as it did after a little thoughtful pause.
16
Now I said to myself that she had certainly a look of greater
sedateness
than before.
Other examples for "sedateness"
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About this term
sedateness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
extreme sedateness
usual sedateness
acquire the sedateness
beautiful sedateness
customary sedateness
More collocations
Translations for
sedateness
Portuguese
solenidade
Catalan
solemnitat
Spanish
calma
ponderación
solemnidad
Sedateness
through the time
Sedateness
across language varieties
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