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Definition of Poised
1. Adjective. Marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action. "George's poised hammer"
2. Adjective. In full control of your faculties. "Strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
Similar to: Composed
Derivative terms: Equanimity
Definition of Poised
1. Adjective. Possessing poise, having self-confidence. ¹
2. Adjective. Ready, prepared. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poised
1. poise [v] - See also: poise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poised
Literary usage of Poised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Then held the Father forth his golden scales And laid two weights therein—in
this, defeat To mail'd Achaia, and in that, to Troy— And poised the balance ..."
2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Him most I see whom we most dearly miss, The latest parted thence, His feat\ires
poised in genial armistice 220 And armed neutrality of self-defence Beneath ..."
3. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... curly young man, he had been used to avail himself of this subtly poised
physical susceptibility to turn the edge of resentment or disapprobation. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is so called because its large yellow and red blossoms, poised on slender
flower-stalks and vibrating with every breath of wind, resemble butterflies ..."
5. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1901)
"The Improved Man will be self-poised, independent, candid and free. He will be
a scientist. He will observe, investigate, experiment and demonstrate. ..."
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