clearheaded, tactful, thoughtful, levelheaded, dispassionate, skillful, perseverant, impetuous, pragmatic, calm, unemotional, statesmanly, perceptive, brusk, unstatesmanlike, swift, methodical, conscientious, equable, calculative, unskillful, forceful, wittedness, empathetic, astute, unsentimental, unassertive, glib, unflashy, schoolmarmish, perspicacious, ineloquent, impulsive, ungrudging, resourceful, overcritical, emulative, unrushed, courteous, attentive, rational, unmannered, maladroit, businesslike, erudite, equanimous, uncontrived, machiavellian, seemly, unshowy, competent, irenic, fearless, nuanced, shrewd, skilful, thickheaded, imperturbable, slangy, distractible, eloquent, minatory, assertive, sphinxlike, amiable, undemonstrative, sagacious, mannered, unexcitable, unsensational, quippy, cerebral, anticipative, urbane, farseeing, insightful, adroit, pedantic, unpremeditated, dostoevskian, impassionate, studious, introspective, daring, teacherly, perspicuous, polite, careful, egotistic, succinct, uncorrupt, instinctive, principled, articulate, considerate, hotheaded, hardheaded, gentlemanly, forthright, witty, courageous, evenhanded, sighted, circumspect, farsighted, informed, intelligent, unprejudiced, cautious, impartial, clearsighted, coldblooded, confident, discerning, foresighted

composed, cool, nerveless