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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Did I use 'sedate' correctly?
When you solve mathmatic problems, you should do the mathe sedatedly.
She was sedatedly staring at me.
She was sedatedly walking in the street.
She was sedatedly staring at me.
She was sedatedly walking in the street.
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These are possible: She was sedately staring at me. She was sedately walking in the street. The other is not.
- These are possible: She was sedately staring at me.
- She was sedately walking in the street.
- The other is not.
- When you solve mathematics problems, you should do the math carefully.
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These are possible:
She was sedately staring at me.
She was sedately walking in the street.
The other is not.
When you solve mathematics problems, you should do the math carefully.
She was sedately staring at me.
She was sedately walking in the street.
The other is not.
When you solve mathematics problems, you should do the math carefully.
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Could you help me once again?
Do not distract me. I need to be sedate to work on this elecerical problem!
Do not distract me. I need to be sedate to work on this elecerical problem!
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No.
Do not distract me. I need to concentrate / be focussed to work on this electrical problem!
Sedateness is a more permanent personal characteristic
Do not distract me. I need to concentrate / be focussed to work on this electrical problem!
Sedateness is a more permanent personal characteristic
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You seem to be thinking of "sedate" as more or less a synonym of "calm". It is, kind of, but (as Mr. M. said) it's rarely used as what I'll call a "temporary" adjective or adverb (e.g. I need to be sedate to do y or She did y sedately). It is used more often as a "permanent" adjective or adverb (e.g. Sloths, as many of us know, are quite sedate by nature or As a s
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