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Meanings of self-possessed in anglès

In full control of your faculties.

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        Usage of self-possessed in anglès
        1
        Riley was the most self-possessed and solemnly deliberate person in the republic.
        A Tramp Abroad
        2
        In this season of general panic, Gasca alone appeared calm and self-possessed.
        History of the Conquest of Peru
        3
        Again the clear glow in her cheek, the self-possessed Fanny of old.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
        4
        Ernest has none of my fluctuations; he is always calm and self-possessed.
        Stepping Heavenward
        5
        The old mother alone was perfectly self-possessed and up to the occasion.
        Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 07
        6
        There was no tremor in her voice and she felt remarkably self-possessed.
        The Green Rust
        7
        Keen and self-possessed, with quiet dignity she queens it on the voyage.
        The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
        8
        He could have sworn that the self-possessed Zen Transley was actually trembling.
        Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
        9
        She was almost self-possessed as she took the seat by his side.
        The Postmaster's Daughter
        10
        Only the journeyman, whom he found occupied at the stove, remained self-possessed.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
        11
        At the meeting David Ormsby had been as always quiet and self-possessed.
        Marching Men
        12
        He seemed very self-possessed, so I wonder if he managed to escape.'
        The Departure
        13
        All was again terror and confusion, but our captain still remained self-possessed.
        Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress
        14
        Courage came with the occasion, and his tone was resolute, and self-possessed.
        Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
        15
        Leopold raised his eyes to the calm, self-possessed face of his brother-in-law.
        Prince Eugene and His Times
        16
        The whole of him looked aristocratic, energetic, perfectly poised and absolutely self-possessed.
        In the Wilderness