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even-minded

American  
[ee-vuhn-mahyn-did] / ˈi vənˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

  1. not easily ruffled, disturbed, prejudiced, etc.; calm; equable.


Other Word Forms

  • even-mindedness noun

Example Sentences

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Mr. Garrison deftly sidesteps gay stereotype in his role as the ex-children’s book editor Robert, the more even-minded of the couple next door.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2011

He had left, cool, well-balanced, even-minded; he had returned, so far as his inner moments were concerned, in a trance, a state of absorption.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram

Slug and Crawler, Mrs. Tempest's carriage horses, sleek even-minded bays, had been at Brighton, and so had Vixen's beautiful thorough-bred, and a handsome brown for the groom; but all the rest had stayed in Hampshire.

From Vixen, Volume I. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

I, being mature, even-minded and clear-eyed, maintain that one accused must be given every opportunity to prove himself innocent.

From The Desert Valley by Gregory, Jackson

Being an even-minded person, however, he admitted that his own behavior had not been above suspicion on the day the crime was discovered.

From The Postmaster's Daughter by Tracy, Louis