equable
- adjective
- /ˈɛkwəbl/
:
estable
- The sun was then nearer the earth than it is now: its rays made all the seasons equable and clothing superfluous" (Frazer 1919, 282). # 15.
Examples
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Is the décor bright, the temperature equable, the ventilation adequate, the sound insulation reassuring?
Academic text (2010) -
There was Joey sitting in the baby seat of the grocery cart, fat and gorgeous—such an equable little beach ball, that one—and all of a sudden the way he looked at you, and you knew it was Daddy looking at you from in there, clear as a bell.
Fiction book (1999) -
My piano career, if it was to flourish at all, had to be transferred from the equable, tennis-congenial weather of the West Coast to the altogether harsher reality of East Coast cold and heat.
Academic text (1991) -
It has long been recognized that the Eocene had an "equable" climate, with a greatly diminished equator-to-pole temperature gradient.
Blog text (33) -
The equable climate in the region allows for a variety of plants to thrive throughout the year.
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Her equable nature makes her the perfect mediator during disputes, as she stays calm and composed.
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The lake's surface remained equable, reflecting the clear sky above without any ripples or disturbances.
Synonyms
360
2.7
Stays the same over time
304
2.0
Not changing over time and remaining the same
107
3.1
Not changing in quality or form over time
Staying the same over time
Staying steady and not changing in value or level
Having the same temperature throughout
Antonyms
How Steady
Surface Forms
Morphology
equable = equal (transparent) = equ + able
The meaning 'not changing or varying greatly; steady' follows directly from the notion of 'even'/'equal' plus the productive suffix '-able'.
Etymology
The word equable comes from the Latin root aequus, meaning 'even' or 'level', the same root as equal. So an equable climate or condition is steady and does not change much over time.