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   Eq·ua·ble

   /ˈekwəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered. Similar even-temperedcalmcomposedcollectedself-possessedcoolcool, calm, and collectedrelaxedeasygoingat easeas cool as a cucumbernonchalantinsouciantblithemellowmildserenetranquilplacidsteadystablequietlevelheadedimperturbableunexcitableunruffledunperturbedunflusteredundisturbedunagitateduntroubledwell balancedinformal:unflappableunfazedtogetherlaid-backnonplussedrare:equanimousOpposite temperamentalexcitable
   • ▪ not varying or fluctuating greatly: "an equable climate" Similar stableconstantsteadyevenuniformregularunvaryingconsistentunchangingchangelessmoderatetemperatenonextremefairOpposite 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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