self-possessed
[self-puh-zest, self-]
- having or showing control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composed; poised.
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Origin of self-possessed
First recorded in 1830–40
Synonyms
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Examples from the Web for self-possessed
Contemporary Examples
Later, when I interviewed Bolotov, a tall, self-possessed man, no apology for the confrontation was offered.
The saucy and self-possessed singer had kicked her cocaine drug habit and hired a new manager, Lupe De Leon.
Etta James’s Son Donto Says Addiction Was Part of Famed Singer’s LifeChristine Pelisek
November 15, 2012
Neither trigger-happy nor hesitant, but steely, self-possessed, and clear-eyed.
Even the more polished, informed, self-possessed Romney seems cursed with an Eddie Haskell air of insincerity and deceitfulness.
By the late 1980s, the saucy and self-possessed singer had kicked her drug habit and hired a new manager, Lupe De Leon.
Historical Examples
His movements were graceful and self-possessed, and he had his father's sweetness of voice.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
He was too self-possessed, too strongly poised in his own isolation.
White FangJack London
Thus did the self-possessed Bunter express himself with great disgust.
Tales Of HearsayJoseph Conrad
The doctor, observant and self-possessed, muttered, "He is very capable of that."
Nostromo: A Tale of the SeaboardJoseph Conrad
She liked the self-possessed manner with which Geraldine greeted her.
In Apple-Blossom TimeClara Louise Burnham
self-possessed
- having control of one's emotions, etc
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