Sedately

(adv.) in a sedate manner.

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• He is sedately satisfied. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Reason, coming stealthily up to me through the twilight of that longdim chamber, whispered sedately--He may write once. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He stood for a moment at his own hall door, looking sedately at the elegant equipage as it rattled away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Mrs. Sparsit sedately resumed her work and occasionally gave a small cough, which sounded like the cough of conscious strength and forbearance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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