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composed Definition

com·posed (-pōzd′)

adjective

calm; tranquil; self-possessed

composed Related Forms
com·pos′·edly (-po′zid lē) adverb com·pos′·ed·ness (-pō′zid nis) noun
composed Synonyms

composed

modif.

  1. Made

    written, created, authored, made of, made up of, comprising, consisting of, compounded, constituted, formed, fashioned, formulated; see also formed, written 1.

  2. Calm

    poised, collected, confident, self-assured, self-possessed, clearheaded, sensible, relaxed, untroubled, soothed, quieted, sedate, tranquil, serene, cool; see also calm 1, confident 2. See syn. study at cool.

composed Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • elegantly: Suites And Rooms Are Well Appointed And The Public Areas Are Elegantly Composed By Designers Such As Tessa Kennedy And John Stefanidis.
composed Quotes

Could Hamlet have been written bya committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the NewTestament have been composed as a conference report?

—Griswold, Alfred Whitney

I have composed too much.

—ï

Every proposition which we can understand must be composed wholly of constituents with which we are acquainted.

—Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl

Cruel, but composed and bland, Dumb, inscrutable and grand, SoTiberius might have sat, Had Tiberius been a cat.

—Arnold, Matthew