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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ek-wuh-buhl, ee-kwuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk wə bəl, ˈi kwə-



Definition of equability

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin aequabilitas, from aequabilis (see equable).
  • As in monotony : noun boredom; sameness
  • As in poise : noun self-composure, dignity
  • As in monotone : noun monotony
  • As in monotonousness : noun monotony
  • As in equanimity : noun levelheadedness
Example sentences :
  • His remainder of equability departed; his impatience increased.
  • Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
  • The equability of the temperature is probably conducive to health.
  • Extract from : « With the World's Great Travellers, Volume IV » by Various
  • How this equability of temperature has been maintained does not now matter.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
  • Caroline had something of her father's equability under attack.
  • Extract from : « The Graftons » by Archibald Marshall
  • Its poise and equability began to grow trivial, its exalted familiarity to become mere vulgarity.
  • Extract from : « Impressions And Comments » by Havelock Ellis
  • There were storms enough without, and equability was to be desired at the fireside even at a sacrifice of deeper pleasures.
  • Extract from : « Familiar Studies of Men and Books » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Seeing that her accuser was silent and confused, Lydia recovered her tongue and colour, and the equability of her temper.
  • Extract from : « The Silent House » by Fergus Hume
  • A remarkable fact, characteristic of the country west of the Rocky Mountains, is the mildness and equability of the climate.
  • Extract from : « Astoria » by Washington Irving
  • Still more noteworthy, however, was the unvarying sweetness and equability of her disposition.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • The equability of heat throughout the day is masked and relieved by the afternoon sea breezes.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 » by Various

Synonyms for equability

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