brought together in one place; " the collected works of Milton"; " the gathered folds of the skirt"

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"

Gathered together.

Self- possessed; calm; composed.

COLLECTEDLY.

COLLECTEDNESS.

Calm; undisturbed.

Assembled; gathered.

Composed; self - possessed.

Self- possessed; composed.

Cool; self- possessed.

Goddard promptly joined in the singing with others in the crowd which had collected. – The Lost Despatch by Natalie Sumner Lincoln

I have collected a number of fine books. – The Great Book-Collectors by Charles Isaac Elton and Mary Augusta Elton

These cases were collected at first hand by the author and a friend of the author, Mr. James Ward, both of whom mingled among the men in the disguise of working men. – The Social Work of the Salvation Army by Edwin Gifford Lamb

Now, he collected himself again and took the party in his hands, as he had had it before. – Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border by Annie Roe Carr

He collected the papers and placed them carefully inside a shabby purse. – The Vultures by Henry Seton Merriman

They ran eagerly from their villages, and collected from every quarter, evidently bent upon a fight with my little party. – Ismailia by Samuel W. Baker

When we returned from the hill, we found a number of them collected round our boat. – A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 by James Cook

She made a nervous step forward, as if she would have forced herself to enter the room with me, but I collected myself with a great effort, and gently drew the door shut. – To-morrow? by Victoria Cross

" It is only by remaining collected ... – Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold

" Excuse me one moment, Sir James," murmured Woodville, and he collected some papers and vanished. – The Twelfth Hour by Ada Leverson

But the Christian writings were not then all written, and were not collected into what we call the New Testament. – Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

So, when we had collected sufficient cream, we tried again, and this time with great success. – Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it by Miss Coulton

All the spent arrows were carefully collected and made use of against the enemy, at whom we shot whenever opportunity offered. – Queen Sheba's Ring by H. Rider Haggard

In the meanwhile the tales were reprinted in a collected form, and they were so successful that the editor, writing to Mr. Lewes at the end of January 1858, when the book had hardly been out a month, was able to say, " George Eliot has fairly achieved a literary reputation among judges, and the public must follow, although it may take time." – George Eliot by Mathilde Blind

Quite soon a little crowd had collected. – The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit

Mr. Hastings's opinion on this point may be collected from what he did, but by no means from what he said, on the occasion. – The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12) by Edmund Burke

La Motte could not look upon the Advocate's face without weeping, but the others were more collected. – Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete by John Lothrop Motley

But she wondered why she should feel so cool and collected, when she should be confused and blushing. – The Bishop and the Boogerman by Joel Chandler Harris

And took me for a drive,- it seems he had just collected his salary,- and he came again, and we went to the park, and he came again. – Sunny Slopes by Ethel Hueston

But before he had collected his thoughts sufficiently his companion was speaking again, in a wholly different manner. – Lady Rose's Daughter by Mrs. Humphry Ward