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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
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Riley was the most self-possessed and solemnly deliberate person in the republic.
A Tramp Abroad
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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
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The old mother alone was perfectly self-possessed and up to the occasion.
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 07
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There was no tremor in her voice and she felt remarkably self-possessed.
The Green Rust
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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...
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At the meeting David Ormsby had been as always quiet and self-possessed.
Marching Men
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He seemed very self-possessed, so I wonder if he managed to escape.'
The Departure
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All was again terror and confusion, but our captain still remained self-possessed.
Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress
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Courage came with the occasion, and his tone was resolute, and self-possessed.
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
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Leopold raised his eyes to the calm, self-possessed face of his brother-in-law.
Prince Eugene and His Times
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The whole of him looked aristocratic, energetic, perfectly poised and absolutely self-possessed.
In the Wilderness