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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
sedentary
adj 1: requiring sitting or little activity; "forced by illness
to lead a sedentary life"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Sedentary \Sed"en*ta*ry\, a. [L. sedentarius, fr. sedere to sit:
cf. F. se['e]dentaire. See Sedent.]
1. Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.
"Sedentary, scholastic sophists." --Bp. Warburton.
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2. Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a
sedentary employment; a sedentary life.
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Any education that confined itself to sedentary
pursuits was essentially imperfect. --Beaconsfield.
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3. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.
[R.] "The sedentary earth." --Milton.
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The soul, considered abstractly from its passions,
is of a remiss, sedentary nature. --Spectator.
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4. Caused by long sitting. [Obs.] "Sedentary numbness."
--Milton.
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5. (Zool.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly
attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary
mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
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Sedentary spider (Zool.), one of a tribe of spiders which
rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web.
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Thesaurus Results for sedentary:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
abeyant, apathetic, at a standstill, cataleptic, catatonic, dead, dopey, dormant, dull, fixed, flat, foul, groggy, heavy, immobile, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inert, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lifeless, logy, motionless, passive, phlegmatic, quiescent, seated, sitting, slack, sleeping, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, stagnant, standing, static, stationary, suspended, tame, torpid, unactive, unaroused, unmoving |
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Common Misspellings > |
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