— self-containedly /self"keuhn tay"nid lee, self'-/ , adv. — self-containedness , n.
/self"keuhn taynd", self'-/ , adj.
1. containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
2. reserved or uncommunicative.
3. self-controlled or self-possessed.
4. (of a machine or mechanism) complete in itself.
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