poised

adj.

1. Assured; composed.
2. Held balanced or steady in readiness: stood poised for the jump.

adj

Definition: self-possessed
Antonyms: excited, flustered, inelegant

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action

Meaning #2: in full control of your faculties
  Synonyms: collected, equanimous, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - afbalanceret

Français (French)
adj. - plein d'assurance/aisance, en suspens, sur le point de, prêt pour

Deutsch (German)
adj. - selbstsicher

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συγκροτημένος, με αυτοπεποίθηση

Italiano (Italian)
posato, equilibrato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - equilibrado

Русский (Russian)
уверенный, держащийся с достоинством, спокойный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sereno, ecuánime

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - samlad, redo

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
泰然自若的, 平衡的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 泰然自若的, 平衡的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 침착한, 위엄 있는, 균형 잡힌

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - つり合いがとれて, 不安定で, 空中に止まって, 落ち着いた, 自制心のある, …しようとしている

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרחף, תלוי, יציב, מוכן‬

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