All 4 Uses of

disposition
in
The Poisonwood Bible

Adah I T WAS NEITHER DIABOLICAL NOR divine; it but shook the doors of the prison house of my disposition; and like the captives of Philippi, that which stood within ran forth.
Chpt 1

disposition = normal way of behaving

So feel I. Living in the Congo shakes open the prison house of my disposition and lets all the wicked hoodoo Adahs run forth.
Chpt 1 *

—from a roomful of white men who held in their manicured hands the disposition of armies and atomic bombs, the power to extinguish every life on earth.
Chpt 4 *

disposition = positioning

They sum up prospects by studying each other's clothing and disposition, and the bargaining process is well under way before they open their mouths to speak.
Chpt 5

disposition = normal way of behaving

Definitions:

(1) (disposition as in: a kind disposition)
someone's normal mood, personality, or typical way of behaving
(2) (disposition as in: disposition of the matter)
the decision or action taken when an issue was settled so that it no longer requires attention
(3) (disposition as in: disposition of the assets)
the giving, selling, or transferring of something to another
(4) (disposition as in: strategic troop disposition)
the arrangement, positioning, or use of things