sedately
Example Sentences
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After an explosive start, Shahidi played sedately through the middle of the innings, making sure to keep up with the run rate without taking unnecessary risks.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
We also got to look at the dual-thermoblock version of Ascaso’s more sedately styled Steel series, the $1,625 “Duo,” which shares most of its parts and electronic controls with the Dream series.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
So the cart kept to a maintenance path, screened from view by vegetation and decorative fencing as it rolled sedately toward the resort’s west end.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2021
If they turned nasty, he was able to walk sedately down the lane, swinging his hips.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2019
Sissy, quiet and changed since she got her baby, walked sedately beside her.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
