equablyadv.
/ˈɛkwəbli/, /ˈiːkwəbli/, U.S. /ˈɛkwəbli/, /ˈikwəbli/ In an equable manner; uniformly, regularly; justly, fairly; calmly, tranquilly.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adverb]
evenOE
evenlya1398
evenlya1400
mackly1440
steadily1540
suantly1547
agreeably1561
agreeingly1563
uniformally1574
uniformly1577
levelly1610
invariably1646
constantly1651
homogeneously1651
equally1690
equably1715
unvariedly1780
suant1787
unrelievedly1832
consistently1861
synchronously1862
society > morality > rightness or justice > [adverb] > fairly or equitably
evenlylOE
fairOE
egallyc1374
upright1509
equally1526
honestly1526
uprightly1549
squarely1564
square1577
candidly1646
equitably1663
fairly1676
equably1839
the mind > emotion > calmness > [adverb]
evenlyOE
egallyc1374
soberly1382
sadly?a1400
wellc1405
digestlya1522
calmly1597
placidly1635
sedately1646
equanimously1652
recollectedly1654
serenely1690
composedly1702
dispassionately1717
serene1728
unperturbedly?1786
solidly1799
tranquilly1801
relaxedly1819
collectedly1838
comfortably1872
equably1873
unagitatedly1894
1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. iii. § 17. 417 The Sun..moved both equably and in the Equator.
1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. 52 If bodies move equably in concentrick circles [etc.].
1806 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (ed. 3) II. iii. x. 238 The wealth of the civilized world will..be..more equably diffused.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 61 The..cultivation of their fertile and equably divided territory.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xi. 172 Equably confessing her ignorance on all such points.
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