Meaning & use
Equable
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Not easily upset or angered; calm and even-tempered, or, of conditions, remaining uniform and steady.
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Despite the chaos backstage, the director kept an equable manner throughout the show.
The island enjoys an equable climate, rarely too hot or too cold.
A note on using this word
Equable and 'equitable' look similar and share a Latin root (aequus, 'equal'), but they mean different things: equable describes steadiness, while equitable describes fairness.
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