self-collected
adjective
having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.
self-collectedness
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a word derived from
self-collected.
Example Sentences
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At first they are overawing; their calm self-collectedness of simplicity seems as Socratic wisdom.
From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Herman Melville
Great ingenuity and contrivance were no doubt required to uphold the credit of the oracle; and no less boldness and self-collectedness on the part of those by whom the machinery was conducted.
From Lives of the Necromancers by William Godwin
Clearness, correctness, self-collectedness, near to the moment in question, add to the authority of the evidence.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
He should not forget that the highest honor was to command ourselves in misfortune; to bear pain, if it must be so, with equanimity and self-collectedness.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
At first they are overawing; their calm self-collectedness of simplicity seems a Socratic wisdom.
From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Herman Melville
