Composure

Definitions

1. Calmness of mind or temperament.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of composing
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. Something which is composed; a composition.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. Orderly adjustment; disposition.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. Frame; make; temperament.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. A combination; a union; a bond.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

24 more languages

Afrikaansselfbeheersing

العربيةالهدوءصبر

Bosanskiživac

Češtinaklidrozvaha

Ελληνικάαταραξίαψυχραιμία

Esperantoegalanimecotrankvilecotrankvilo

Suomimalttimielenmalttityyneys

Gàidhligsuaimhneas

Galegoserenidade

हिन्दीइत्मीनानज़ब्तधीरज

Hrvatskiživac

Magyarhidegvérönuralomsodra

Italianoautocontrollocompostezzacontegnodisponibilitàritegno+ 2 more

日本語不乱余裕冷静

Kurdîklîdşans

Latinacompositio

Nederlandskalmtezelfbeheersing

Polskiopanowanie

Portuguêscomedimentocompostura

Românăautocontrolcalm

Русскийвыдержкасамообладаниеспокойствиехладнокровие+ 1 more

Српскиživac

Svenskasanssjälvbehärskning

Українськахолоднокровність

Examples

“That all may see⟳ who hate⟳ us, how we seek⟳ Peace and composure […]”

“It would be also of great Use⟳ to us to form⟳ our deliberate Judgments of Persons and Things in the calmest and serenest Hours of Life, when the Passions of Nature are all silent, and the Mind⟳ enjoys its most perfect Composure […]”

““Did you want⟳ anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner.”

“He began to lose⟳ his composure, and made mistakes, his cards got mixed up, and his scoring was wild.”

“Montenegro's early composure was shaken by that set-back and a visibly buoyed Wales nearly added a second goal when Bale broke past two defenders and fired a long-range shot that Bozovic tipped over”

“1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March⟳, 1685, p. 592, […] Signʳ Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.”

“[…] from the various Composures and Combinations of these Corpusoles together, happen⟳ all the Varieties of the Bodies formed out of them […]”

“[…] his composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish […]”

“[…] their fraction is more our wish⟳ than their faction: but it was a strong composure a fool could disunite.”

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