Poised

Adjective

 * 1) Possessing poise, having self-confidence.
 * 2) Ready, prepared.
 * He stood there, poised to act, and then suddenly he did act, drawing his gun in a smooth arc.

Thesaurus
apoise, arrogant, assured, balanced, calm, cocksure, collected, composed, confident, controlled, convinced, cool, decided, determined, dignified, easy, easygoing, equanimous, equibalanced, equilibrious, equiponderant, equiponderous, hovering, hubristic, imperturbable, levelheaded, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, placid, pompous, positive, possessed, prepared, proud, ready, reassured, recollected, reserved, secure, sedate, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant, self-restrained, serene, staid, sure, suspended, symmetric, teetering, together, tottering, tranquil, trembling, unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unflappable, unhesitating, unruffled, unwavering, waiting, wavering, well-balanced, wobbling

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * German: im Gleichgewicht, selbstsicher


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 * German:
 * Norwegian: tilbøyelig