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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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: calm well-poised slowness (as of thought, speech, or bodily movement)
deliberateness
calm well-poised slowness (as of thought, speech, or bodily movement) <shrewd Dutch deliberateness>
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What does well-poised mean?
calm well-poised slowness (as of thought, speech, or bodily movement) <shrewd Dutch deliberateness>
[M-W's Unabridged Dictionary]
What does well-poised mean?
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Probably well-positioned. " You could say that the rattlesnake was poised to strike. "
- Probably well-positioned.
- " You could say that the rattlesnake was poised to strike.
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Probably well-positioned. Physically, we say someone who has "good posture" is well-poised, or "has poise." You could say that the rattlesnake was poised to strike. It could apply to the favorable position of a military unit, or a company which is well-positioned financially and legally to take over another company - perhaps a "hostile takeover."
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