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.

Assembled; gathered.

Composed; self - possessed.

Self- possessed; composed.

Cool; self- possessed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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