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Sedateness

noun
1.
A trait of dignified seriousness.  Synonyms: solemness, solemnity, staidness.





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"Sedateness" Quotes from Famous Books



... penning down heads of such a disposition; which, as reasons offered, I have altered and added to, so that I was never absolutely destitute of a will, had I been taken off ever so suddenly. These minutes and imperfect sketches enabled me, as God has graciously given me time and sedateness, to digest them into the form in ...
— Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9) - The History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson
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... to have united, in his works, a certain calm sedateness and frank sincerity to the dreamy imaginativeness of some of his contemporaries. His finest works are considered to be the frescoes from the life of St Cecilia in the church of ...
— The Old Masters and Their Pictures - For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art • Sarah Tytler
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Words linked to "Sedateness" :   sincerity, sedate, solemness, seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness


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