Equable
['ekwəb(ə)l] or ['ɛkwəbl]
Definition
(adj.) not easily irritated; 'an equable temper'; 'not everyone shared his placid temperament'; 'remained placid despite the repeated delays' .
(adj.) not varying; 'an equable climate' .
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Definition
(a.) Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.
(a.) Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Even, uniform, equal, steady, regular, always the same.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Uniform, regular, proportionate, even, smooth, easy
ANT:Irregular, desultory, vari_able, fitful, disjointed, uneasy
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Definition
adj. equal and uniform: smooth: not variable: of even temper.—ns. Equabil′ity E′quableness the state or condition of being equable.—adv. E′quably.
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Examples
- The equable manner in which Mrs. Jellyby sustained both his absence and his restoration to the family circle surprised us all. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He is industrious, patiently adaptable to rank and file, equable and moderate in capacity and requirement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The range of life of the Mesozoic Period as we know it was confined to water and fairly low-lying valley regions under equable conditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In order to have a large number of values in common, all the members of the group must have an equable opportunity to receive and to take from others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Manifestly when the angle is at its least, the world's climate, other things being equal, will be most equable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She preserved an equable cheerfulness in the midst of her sympathy, which was not the least astonishing part of the change that had come over her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She was serene, humble, kind, and equable through everything. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I think you had, sir, without knowing it, returns the equable Vholes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nothing in the whole adventure, not even the upset, had disturbed the calm and equable current of Mr. Pickwick's temper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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