Definition of Sedentary

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Sedentary

Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.

Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life.

Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.

Caused by long sitting.

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 Quotations

I'm not a sedentary person. I've always been active.
Lauren Bacall

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients.
George Santayana

Sporting goods sales have suffered because Americans have become too sedentary.
Mike May

Sedentary Translations

sedentary in Swedish is sittande

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