poised

Adjective

• 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
    

• marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
  • a gull in poised flight
    
  • George's poised hammer
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  collected , equanimous , self-collected , self-contained , self-possessed