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  • 71cool — [adj1] cold, nippy air conditioned, algid, arctic, biting, chill, chilled, chilling, chilly, coldish, frigid, frore, frosty, gelid, hawkish, nipping, refreshing, refrigerated, shivery, snappy, wintry; concept 605 Ant. hot, temperate, warm cool… …

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  • 72quiet — [adj1] without or with little sound buttoned up*, clammed up*, close, closemouthed, could hear a pin drop*, dumb, hushed, hushful, inaudible, low, low pitched, muffled, mute, muted, noiseless, not saying boo*, peaceful, quiescent, quieted,… …

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  • 73se|date´ness — se|date1 «sih DAYT», adjective. quiet, calm, and composed; serious; undisturbed by passion or excitement: »She is very sedate for a child and would rather read and sew than play. One of those calm, quiet, sedate natures, to whom the temptations… …

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  • 74se|date´ly — se|date1 «sih DAYT», adjective. quiet, calm, and composed; serious; undisturbed by passion or excitement: »She is very sedate for a child and would rather read and sew than play. One of those calm, quiet, sedate natures, to whom the temptations… …

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  • 75se|date — se|date1 «sih DAYT», adjective. quiet, calm, and composed; serious; undisturbed by passion or excitement: »She is very sedate for a child and would rather read and sew than play. One of those calm, quiet, sedate natures, to whom the temptations… …

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  • 76Quiet — Qui et, a. [Compar. {Quieter}; superl. {Quietest}.] [L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See {While}, and cf. {Coy}, a., {Quiesce}, {Quietus}, {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Requiem}.] 1. In a… …

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  • 77Quieter — Quiet Qui et, a. [Compar. {Quieter}; superl. {Quietest}.] [L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See {While}, and cf. {Coy}, a., {Quiesce}, {Quietus}, {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Requiem}.] 1 …

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  • 78Quietest — Quiet Qui et, a. [Compar. {Quieter}; superl. {Quietest}.] [L. quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See {While}, and cf. {Coy}, a., {Quiesce}, {Quietus}, {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Requiem}.] 1 …

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  • 79placid — placidity /pleuh sid i tee/, placidness, n. placidly, adv. /plas id/, adj. pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters. [1620 30; < L placidus calm, quiet, akin to placere to PLEASE (orig., to&#8230; …

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  • 80imperturbable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See inexcitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. composed, sedate, immovable, unflappable*; see calm 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not easily excited, even under pressure: calm, collected …

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