equable
free from many changes or variations; uniform: an equable climate; an equable temperament.
uniform in operation or effect, as laws.
Origin of equable
1Other words for equable
Opposites for equable
Other words from equable
- eq·ua·bil·i·ty, eq·ua·ble·ness, noun
- eq·ua·bly, adverb
- non·eq·ua·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·eq·ua·ble, adjective
- non·eq·ua·ble·ness, noun
- non·eq·ua·bly, adverb
- un·eq·ua·bil·i·ty, noun
- un·eq·ua·ble, adjective
- un·eq·ua·ble·ness, noun
- un·eq·ua·bly, adverb
Words that may be confused with equable
- equable , equitable
Words Nearby equable
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How to use equable in a sentence
He is an equable man who treats people fairly and has many friends.
The care shown in rearing insures a perfect straightness of stem, and an equable diameter of about an inch or an inch and a half.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The warmth of the atmosphere in which you live will be always equable and genial, without tempests, without a possible squall.
Honorine | Honore de BalzacThe male then becomes inert; equable sharing of the expense of forces, just division of labour.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de GourmontThe Loud Concrete is simply the equable concrete uttered with greater fulness of breath and loudness of tone.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
A medium rate of utterance is, with respect to time, the natural expression of an equable flow of thought.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
British Dictionary definitions for equable
/ (ˈɛkwəbəl) /
even-tempered; placid
unvarying; uniform: an equable climate
Origin of equable
1Derived forms of equable
- equability or equableness, noun
- equably, adverb
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