adjective
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even-tempered; placid
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unvarying; uniform
an equable climate
Other Word Forms
- equability noun
- equableness noun
- equably adverb
- nonequability noun
- nonequable adjective
- nonequableness noun
- nonequably adverb
- unequability noun
- unequable adjective
- unequableness noun
- unequably adverb
Etymology
Origin of equable
1635–45; < Latin aequābilis that can be made equal, similar, equivalent to aequ ( us ) equal, even + -ābilis -able
Example Sentences
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He was simply bowled over by the beauty and the energy of the place, the broad-mindedness, the equable weather, the dramatic geography.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022
Michael Gove has described his sacking last week by Boris Johnson, calling the PM “very equable, very polite” during the call.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2022
Our reviewer, Samantha Harvey, praised “the equable plainness of its language, a plainness that is nevertheless impressionistic and light-filled.”
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021
They looked on with expressions of equable semi-curiosity.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019
There is something intrinsically good-natured about all symbiotic relations, necessarily, but this one, which is probably the most ancient and most firmly established of all, seems especially equable.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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