self-collected

[ self-kuh-lek-tid, self- ]

adjective

1. having or showing self-control; composed; self-possessed.

Other Words From

• self-col·lected·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-collected¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

His mind was clear enough, however; and although everything about him was pathetic he was quite self-collected.

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Washington, self-collected, viewed the tremendous scene; his country called.

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It was a self-collected young woman, with a distinctly casual manner who crossed the stile and confronted her visitor.

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She was still very pale, but now also very calm; the most self-collected one in that room of death.

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The tears rose to Fan's eyes, her strange self-collected mood seemed to be gone.

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