equanimitable

comparative more equanimitable · superlative most equanimitable

1. Synonym of equanimous.

   He counseled that physicians be tolerant and equanimitable when their favorite patient is found placing reliance on a notorious nostrum.

   1959 January, ““To Thine Own Self Be True””, in Shaler Richardson, editor, The Journal of the Florida Medical Association, volume XLV, number 7, Jacksonville, Fla.: Florida Medical Association, page 796, column 2

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   Equitable bills its exhibit as “the exciting story of the population explosion,” but I find the growth of population depressing. I just can’t feel at all equanimitable about it.

   1964, International Science and Technology, issues 25–36, International Communications, page 83, column 2

   Admin director of active international business consultancy requires like-minded helper-person with experience of final accounts, co-sec and general business admin. Preference for equanimitable non-smoking serendipitous soul.

   1981 July 6, The Daily Telegraph, number 39211, London, page 10

   Physicians, especially those accustomed to being rulers of their own destiny, are not trained to recognize, or are unwilling to recognize, the impending demise of the status quo and the need for an equanimitable approach to deal with the threats.

   1984, The Proceedings of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, volumes 37–39, Institute of Medicine of Chicago, page 95, column 1

   Among the suspects, reported The Associated Press, were the equanimitable Henry Clay and Taylor’s own son-in-law, the impeccably scrupulous Jefferson Davis.

   1991, Editorials on File, volume 22, page 739

   Our sustainability work includes teaching biological, ecological and cultural principles, investigation and writing of the philosophic and practical dimensions of dynamic sustainability and evolving sustainable practices on a homestead scale, while trying to maintain an equanimitable approach to living and learning.

   1996 January, Frederick M. Williams, “Ref #:642 Individual”, in Sustainable Agriculture Directory of Expertise, 3rd edition, Burlington, Vt.: Sustainable Agriculture Publications, →ISBN

   Synonyms: equanimous