2. Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a
sedentary employment; a sedentary life.
Any education that confined itself to sedentary
pursuits was essentially imperfect. --Beaconsfield.
3. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.
[R.] ``The sedentary earth.'' --Milton.
The soul, considered abstractly from its passions,
is of a remiss, sedentary nature. --Spectator.
4. Caused by long sitting. [Obs.] ``Sedentary numbness.''
--Milton.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly
attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary
mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
{Sedentary spider} (Zo["o]l.), one of a tribe of spiders
which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their
web.