aplomb

“The unflappable Pointer sails above the general mayhem with a ladylike aplomb that makes her subsequent emotional epiphany all the more moving,” The Times wrote about Pointer’s performance in that show.

Olsen in particular registers the cracks in the veneer of a smart, good yet questioning soul with aplomb.

New York Times fashion director Vanessa Friedman declared that Donatella "wore her struggles - with personal tragedy, self-doubt, finding her creative feet, and drugs - with as much aplomb as her long platinum hair".

The Telegraph's Michael Hogan declared that Clenshaw "had gone out on a high by marshalling this milestone week with ambition and aplomb".

This is tricky territory, and Sittenfeld handles it with nuance and aplomb.