equable

a man of equable temper

a man of an equable temperament

an equable temper.See Synonyms at steady

I like working with Edward because he's so calm and equable.

Her father, an equable and genial man, is tolerant of her spirited stubbornness.

I can only conclude that you must be damned sure of yourself behind that nice equable temper of yours'.

With my ear pressed to a chink I could hear her equable, gentle breathing, like that of a child.

His and Christine's love for each other was an equable affair, but his pride would be a very real thing, fragile and passionate.

Similar cases occurring with insects under natural conditions have lately been discussed with much ability by Mr. Walsh, who has grouped them under his law of equable variability.

As he found himself thus struggling among so many alternatives, he had a vision of his old equable existence in the bank, and was assailed by a thought of regret for the past.

Believe me, dear, true love is eternal, infinite, always like unto itself; it is equable, pure, without violent demonstration; white hair often covers the head but the heart that holds it is ever young.

Poirot acquiesced. I observed John. Already he was almost restored to his normal self. The shock of the events of the last night had upset him temporarily, but his equable poise soon swung back to the normal.

In age well-balanced, in personal appearance fairly matched, and in domestic requirements conformable, in temper this couple differed, though even here they did not often clash, he being equable, if not lymphatic, and she decidedly nervous and sanguine.

'Well, there's an odd thing about that quarrel. Searle from all accounts was a markedly equable person, but it was he who provoked that quarrel. At least Whitmore says so, and I have no reason to doubt him.