sed·en·tar·y (s d n-tr  )adj. 1. Characterized by or requiring much sitting: a sedentary job. 2. Accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise. 3. Remaining or living in one area, as certain birds; not migratory. 4. Attached to a surface and not moving freely, as a barnacle. [French sédentaire, from Old French, from Latin sedent  rius, from sedns, sedent-, present participle of sedre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]sed en·tari·ly (-târ -l) adv.sed en·tari·ness n. |
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