sed|en|tar|y

sed|en|tar|y «SEHD uhn _TEHR ee», adjective.

1. used to sitting still much of the time; inactive: »

Sedentary people get little physical exercise.

2. that keeps one sitting still much of the time: »

Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.

3. moving little and rarely.

4. Zoology. a) living in one place, as English sparrows do; not migratory or moving far: »

Pigeons are sedentary birds.

b) attached to one spot; not moving: »

a sedentary mollusk.

c) spinning a web and lying in wait: »

I discovered that this was no web-spinning, sedentary spider, but a wandering hunter (W. H. Hudson).

╂[< Latin sedentārius ultimately < sedēre to sit]