collected
adjective
having control of one's faculties; self-possessed.
collectedness
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a word derived from
collected.
Example Sentences
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I’ve gotten it into my head that if I resist the urge to look through it, it will somehow project a veneer of calm or cool collectedness, the path I’m carving in the carpet notwithstanding.
From US News ● Feb. 11, 2015
I give in to my gee-whiz moment and ask if he minds a picture with me and the fam – so much for my veneer of cool collectedness.
From US News ● Feb. 11, 2015
It was only when seated at the fire-side, that Owen regained sufficient collectedness to detail the particulars he had learned in the village.
From St. Patrick's Eve by Charles James Lever
She began by repeating her eternal enmity to the marriage in a manner impressive to the greatest degree, and still more decisive in its form by the cool collectedness of her manner.
From Marriage by Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
Then he remembered her collectedness, which had been rather marked, but he had learned that emotion is more frequently concealed than forcibly expressed.
From Ranching for Sylvia by Harold Bindloss
