Definitions for sedentary

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sedentary sed·en·tar·y

Spelling: [sed-n-ter-ee]

IPA: /ˈsɛd nˌtɛr i/

Sedentary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 593 anagrams from letters in sedentary (adeenrsty).

Definitions for sedentary

adjective

1. characterized by or requiring a sitting posture:
2. accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
3. Chiefly Zoology. abiding in one place; not migratory. pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.

Origin of sedentary

1590-1600; Latin sedentārius sitting, equivalent to sedent- (stem of sedēns, present participle of sedēre to sit¹; see Examples for sedentary

That reserve gets smaller with sedentary lifestyles, and with age.

His answer was, that he had been used to a sedentary employment.

Masters Swimmers have lower average heart rates than sedentary controls.

His wild outbursts are the result, I think, of his sedentary life.

I have, I confess, but indifferent skill in these sedentary arts.

This is so, probably, because I'm a school teacher and sedentary in my habits.

One celebrated study found that mortality rates for swimmers were lower than for those who are sedentary, walkers, and runners.

The doctors said it was as strong as an ox, considering he was so sedentary.

Americans spend twice as much time in cars as in the 1970s and average more than 26 hours per week of sedentary entertainment.

Of meditative and sedentary habits, I enjoyed the extreme quiet.