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Collectedness

Collectedness \Col*lect"ed*ness\, n. A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

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collectedness

n. The state or quality of being collected.

Usage examples of "collectedness".

It was not instantly that he could assume a sufficient degree of collectedness and composure to put into execution the scheme with which he was so highly delighted.

At length incited by their expostulations to the collectedness of reflection and the fortitude of exertion, he determined, with that quickness of invention with which he had been endowed at his birth, upon a plan to elude, if possible, the perseverance of Edwin, and the menaces of his fate.

She pondered and brooded revenge in her heart, sitting in thoughtful solitude and bitter collectedness until at last she had a plan.