equable
Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform.
Adjective
- Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform.
- The cheerful influence of the morning seemed to have some effect, even upon his equable temper. - 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter LXXXV, in Barnaby Rudge:
- Turning to the prisoner, "Budd," he said, and scarce in equable tones, "Budd, if you have aught further to say for yourself, say it now." - 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
- Free from extremes of heat or cold.
- The indulgences of habit she would not resign, therefore held by the pleasures of the table; but the comforts of equable heat, which was particularly necessary, she denied herself much too long, and resisted warm...
- Not easily disturbed; tranquil.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin aequābilis, from aequō (“make level”), from aequus (“even, level”).
Forms
Synonyms
constant uniform unvarying imperturbable steady tranquil regular