poised

adj 1: marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action;

"a gull in poised flight"; "George's poised hammer"

2: 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" [syn: {collected},

{equanimous}, {self-collected}, {self-contained}, {self-possessed}]