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Calm, dignified, and unhurried.

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sedate

The sedate gathering became livelier when the musicians arrived.
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A sedate ferryman spoke calmly and proceeded without haste while arranging the passengers' next ordinary crossing.
From The Pace of a Fictional Journey.
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