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Definition
calm and in control — as in "shows poise under pressure"
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prepared for action — as in "poised for action" — (sometimes suspended or hovering as in "a finger poised over the mute button")
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confident and graceful in movement — as in "the poise and balance of a dancer"
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prepared for action — as in "poised for action" — (sometimes suspended or hovering as in "a finger poised over the mute button")
and/or:
confident and graceful in movement — as in "the poise and balance of a dancer"
- He sits lightly, poised, upright, wooden-faced in the saddle, the broken hat raked at a swaggering angle.Section 27 — Darl (10) (82% in)
poised = in control and prepared to move as needed
There are no more uses of "poise" flagged with this meaning in As I Lay Dying.
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- He sits erect, poised, looking quietly and steadily and quickly this way and that, his face calm, a little pale, alert.Section 34 — Darl (12) (10% in)
- The sun, an hour above the horizon, is poised like a bloody egg upon a crest of thunderheads; the light has turned copper: in the eye portentous, in the nose sulphurous, smelling of lightning.Section 10 — Darl (4) (72% in)
- Then the downstream one vanishes, dragging the other with him; the wagon sheers crosswise, poised on the crest of the ford as the log strikes it, tilting it up and on.Section 34 — Darl (12) (90% in)
There are no more uses of "poise" in As I Lay Dying.
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