equable

If the New York Times review is bad (unlikely), “you hope for the best and push as hard as you can,” he says equably.

He had not felt equably well since the night of Gabriel's burial in the miasmic air of the mountain.

He leaned over and felt his heart; it beat feebly but equably, and he muttered something unintelligible when Robinson touched him.

"If it's going begging, call on me," said the Major equably.