self-possessed

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And yet she is more self-possessed than he, and truly, a better person.

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  1. Composed; not disturbed. She look'd; but all Suffused with blushes—neither self-possess'd Nor startled, but betwixt this mood and that. Tennyson, Gardener's Daughter.

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  • Kristen Stewart makes a better Bella than the original; she seems self-possessed whereas the character in the book is kind of cranky and petulant. —  Spin Magazine Online -
  • And yet she is more self-possessed than he, and truly, a better person. —  Prettier Than Napoleon
  • 'Look lively, and get us something to eat,' said Michel, meaning to be cheerful and self-possessed. —  The Golden Lion of Granpere
  • He was, however, quite calm and self-possessed when he rose to read the —  God's Good Man
  • She was now entirely self-possessed, bore herself firmly erect, and spoke without apparent emotion. —  The Good Time Coming
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