POISED

• (adj.) in full control of your faculties

  "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination", "perfectly poised and sure of himself", "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen", "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"

  synonyms : collected , equanimous , self-collected , self-contained , self-possessed

• (adj.) marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action

  "a gull in poised flight", "George's poised hammer"

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