sedate vs serious-minded

sedate

adj
  • Remaining composed and dignified, and avoiding too much activity or excitement. 

  • Not overly ornate or showy. 

verb
  • To make tranquil. 

  • To calm or put (a person) to sleep using a sedative drug. 

serious-minded

adj
  • solemn 

How often have the words sedate and serious-minded occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )