self-composed

American  

[self-kuhm-pohzd, self-] / ˈsɛlf kəmˈpoʊzd, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

1. being or appearing to be composed; calm.

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Other Word Forms

• self-composedly adverb
• self-composedness noun

Etymology

Origin of self-composed

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Each contestant gave a short performance — decorating a cake, singing a self-composed hip-hop song and, in Ms. Iozumi’s case, demonstrating a karate kata with a partner.

From New York Times

Creative robot Ai-da is performing a self-composed poetry response to Dante’s Divine Comedy to mark the 700th anniversary of the Italian poet’s death.

From BBC

In Ms. Yiadom-Boakye’s ensemble of characters, however, there reigns a serenity, too self-composed to be ruffled by representation battles.

From New York Times

Bill Cosby, for example, is the main villain of the accountability chapter, and one of that chapter’s heroes is a stunningly self-composed young woman who shrugs off sexist verbal abuse on the subway.

From Washington Post

But in this first entirely self-composed album there were also songs of self-discovery coming from more oblique angles, like When the Ship Comes In and Restless Farewell, and a moment of luminous tenderness: Boots of Spanish Leather, transformed from the traditional Scarborough Fair into one of the songs with which he gave a generation access to their newest and deepest feelings.

From The Guardian