placid

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Patient and uncomplaining
dove
equable
equably
equanimity
forbearing
have the patience of a saintidiom
long-sufferingly
non-combative
pacific
patience
patiently
peace-loving
peaceable
stoic
stoically
stoicism
the patience of Jobidiom
uncomplaining
uncomplainingly

Examples from literature

But he was an even-tempered, good-humoured man. 
But of late Barbara had not been nearly so even-tempered as formerly. 
He is even-tempered, easy-going and, if truth must be told, somewhat lazy. 
In disposition Dr. Wallace was cheerful, and very optimistic, and remarkably even-tempered. 
On the whole I think I am reasonably even-tempered and of higher than average amiability. 

Examples of even-tempered

even-tempered
While the hardworking and even-tempered measures remain much the same, there is now a positive and significant relationship between the aggression variable and turnout.
We also find that being even-tempered, as opposed to moody, has a modest impact on voter turnout, while having no statistical impact on interest.
We find that those with hardworking, even-tempered and aggressive personalities are more likely to vote than those with, respectively, lazy, moody and timid personalities.
The mild, even-tempered, bland, refined and - in short - disembodied and idealised character of the song of decades past is long gone.
This armature, though capable ofproducing harmonious and satisfying relationships, is not "even-tempered", or capable of even transitions between the three dimensions at all its intervals.
Individuals who are hardworking (as opposed to lazy) and who are even-tempered (as opposed to moody) are a little over 1 per cent more likely to vote.
I am a fairly even-tempered fellow, but it is difficult to restrain oneself when one recalls where he spent his political life.
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