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self-possessed

[self-puh-zest, self-] / ˈsɛlf pəˈzɛst, ˌsɛlf- /


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And two Americans: Kenyon, a wry, observant, skeptical humanist sculptor, perhaps a stand-in for Hawthorne himself; and Hilda, a New England Puritan painter—self-possessed, pious, unswervingly loyal, pure as a flight of doves.

From The Wall Street Journal

An even more welcome addition to our already bulging shelves is the belated arrival of a largely complete studio discography of Britain’s greatest conductor, and certainly its most self-possessed: the musical grandee Sir Thomas Beecham.

From The Wall Street Journal

The usually self-possessed Edward Ashton was muttering and half mad after his failed tour of Switzerland.

From Literature

It’s impossible to know if Smith was really this self-possessed and ruminative as a child or if nostalgia has altered her perspective.

From Los Angeles Times

He unabashedly leans into that vibe here, even while wrangling his pair of self-possessed cats.

From Los Angeles Times