poised

poised  (poizd)

adj.

1. Assured; composed.

2. Held balanced or steady in readiness: stood poised for the jump.

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poised

Adjective

1. absolutely ready

2. behaving with or showing poise

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	poised - marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; "a gull in poised flight"; "George's poised hammer" balanced - being in a state of proper equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"
	2.	poised - 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" equanimous, self-collected, self-possessed, collected, self-contained composed - serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time"

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poised

adjective 1. ready, waiting, prepared, standing by, on the brink, in the wings, all set

adjective 2. composed, calm, together (informal) collected, dignified, graceful, serene, suave, urbane, self-confident, unfazed (informal) debonair, unruffled, nonchalant, self-possessed << OPPOSITE agitated

Translations

poised [pɔɪzd] adj (in temperament) → sereno