Meaning of equanimitably | Babel Free

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In an equanimitable manner.

Examples

“Mother stuck her head out in the hall, took a deep breath. “Nurse!” she hollered again. “Geez, Mother,” I burst out. “You’re going to have the entire hospital in here. Can’t you behave?” My mother seemed to consider this for a moment. She squeezed up her eyes and looked thoughtful. Then she brightened. “I don’t think so,” she said equanimitably. She drifted closer to the call button.”

“In attitude so loving sweet, madly, life, how did you expect to die, well, equanimitably? — with a bloody snap of the fingers, dearie? with a bleeding cast of facial contemptuosity, ducky?”

“Rules: […] 5) Whatever I forgot will be handled equanimitably.”

“Mumbling around a mouthful, Jean-Paolo said, “You think she’s forgiven me for that incident with the fountain and the tree?” “Not Vevila.” “Oh well.” Jean-Paolo shrugged equanimitably.”

“With open palms and trusting face, softly, gently, equanimitably, Benji explained the true identity of the midnight child to the guard, who, after flipping Finn's features through his mental Rolodex, announced the wanderer’s return via intercom to the keeper of apartment 13-A, and sheepishly let the pair proceed to the elevator bank.”

“Tips on how to go from equanimitably smiley to ragingly angry with the world in under ten minutes: climb Arthur’s Seat on the hottest day of all time. For added ire, have a gang of young twats playing Cohen dirge Hallelujah at the top.”

“So you recognize spatial banishment and denial of citizenship to long native families on grounds of ethnicity/religion as #apartheid, eh? Do you apply that definition equanimitably, including on banishment of families with even thicker deep roots in a given homeland?”

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