self-poised

American  

[self-poizd] / sɛlfˈpɔɪzd /

adjective

1. acting with poise.

2. being balanced without support.

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Other Word Forms

• self-poisedness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of self-poised

First recorded in 1620–30; self- ( def. ) + poised ( def. )

Example Sentences

The frequent result is depressing indeed, for we see many a man less mature, less self-poised and less confident after two years in a graduate school than he was as an inspirited college senior .

From Time Magazine Archive

He was too self-poised, too superior, too wise.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

They have become dignified, self-poised, well dressed, educated, refined, cultured and polished men and women.

From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Edson, Milan C.

And with joy the stars perform their shining, And the sea its long moon-silvered roll; For self-poised they live, nor pine with noting All the fever of some differing soul.

From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various

She stands beside her mate, companion-wise, Erect, self-poised, with clear, straightforward eyes.

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various