equable

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124] It was plainly evident that Mr. Sherwood's mind was not equable, and that he was influenced by considerations not properly before him.

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  1. adjective Unvarying; steady.
  2. adjective Free from extremes.
  3. adjective Not easily disturbed; serene: an equable temper.

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  • There is lot to be discovered in Kerala such as equable climate, long shoreline with serene beaches, tranquil stretches of emerald backwaters, lush hill stations and exotic wildlife, sprawling plantations and paddy fields, enchanting art forms, magical festivals. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • One of the interesting points about the PETM is that the climate was equable: the tropics were a bit warmer than today's, but the poles were MUCH warmer than today's and there was no permanent ice. —  Think Progress
  • So gentle and so equable is the play of those weights which regulate our whole machinery, whilst the late correction applied even here by Sir Robert Peel, has made this gentle action still gentler; so that neither of the two parties--consumers who to live must buy, growers who to live must sell--can, by possibility, feel an incipient pressure before it is already tending to relieve itself. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.
  • It is given to you to teach lessons of the utmost importance to mankind, in maintaining the principle that no progress can be real which is not equable, which is not proportionate, which does not develop all the faculties belonging to our nature. —  Model Speeches for Practise
  • "[124] It was plainly evident that Mr. Sherwood's mind was not equable, and that he was influenced by considerations not properly before him. —  The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion
 

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  1. Latin aequābilis, from aequāre, to make even, from aequus, even, level.

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  1. = Italian equabile, from Latin æquabilis, that can be made equal, equal, consistent, uniform, from æquare, make equal: see equate.
 

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