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

Although the next moment he had mastered his emotion, and stood there self-poised and imperturbable as before, it was too late--that one unguarded moment had betrayed him.

From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

In fact George, Honora Eloise Houghton, is one of the brightest, most independent, capable, self-poised, self-supporting young women at Solaris!

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

He was as self-poised as a man of fifty, with not a particle of that easy impulsiveness so nearly universal at his age.

From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by Hart, John S. (John Seely)