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equable

[ek-wuh-buhl, ee-kwuh-] / ˈɛk wə bəl, ˈi kwə- /


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He was simply bowled over by the beauty and the energy of the place, the broad-mindedness, the equable weather, the dramatic geography.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2022

Michael Gove has described his sacking last week by Boris Johnson, calling the PM “very equable, very polite” during the call.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2022

It’s here, in the narration, that the novel finds itself — in the equable plainness of its language, a plainness that is nevertheless impressionistic and light-filled.

From New York Times Mar. 16, 2020

Espionage and intelligence are so conducive to mistrust that the people who make the best use of them tend to be the most equable and disinclined to suspicion.

From The New Yorker Aug. 26, 2019

There is something intrinsically good-natured about all symbiotic relations, necessarily, but this one, which is probably the most ancient and most firmly established of all, seems especially equable.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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