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   equable

   /ˈɛkwəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered: "he could look sterner than his equable temperament would suggest" Similar even-temperedcalmcomposedcollectedself-possessedcoolcool, calm, and collectedrelaxedeasy-goingat easeas cool as a cucumbernonchalantinsouciantblithemellowmildserenetranquilplacidsteadystablequietlevel-headedimperturbableunexcitableunruffledunperturbedunflusteredundisturbedunagitateduntroubledwell balancedinformal:unflappableunfazedtogetherlaid-backnonplussedrare:equanimousOpposite temperamentalexcitable
   • 2. not varying or fluctuating greatly: "an equable climate" Similar stableconstantsteadyevenuniformregularunvaryingconsistentunchangingchangelessmoderatetemperatenon-extremefairOpposite unevenextreme

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘fair, equitable’): from Latin aequabilis, from aequare ‘make equal’ (see equate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. equability noun
   • 2. equably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 18

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