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self-possessed
adjective
- having control of one's emotions, etc
Derived Forms
- ˌself-posˈsession, noun
- ˌself-posˈsessedly, adverb
Other Words From
- self-pos·sess·ed·ly [self, -p, uh, -, zes, -id-lee, -, zest, -lee, self-], adverb
- unself-pos·sessed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-possessed1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
In them the tragedy of life was tumultuously visible, yet they were serene, self-possessed, even steady in their quiet simplicity.
Stanley and Jim also, with several of the officers on board, were cool and self-possessed, and able to render good service.
He seemed to be wonderfully self-possessed, and his manners were those, as far as I could judge, of a well-bred young gentleman.
His distress contrasted strongly with the calm, self-possessed demeanour of the beautiful Thyra at this time of supreme peril.
He knew it would do Jack good to yield to his sorrow for a brief while, for he would soon become cooler and more self-possessed.
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