"But I do not want to be a clerk--I would rather be a priest. At least I would see something of the world."
"You're too old," Ananda said equitably.

as I read this, I thought to myself, "I would have written that as said equably. but when I looked into the shadings, I found that equitably resides on a fairness scale and equably lies on a levelness scale. both words come from a Latin root which has both senses.

now I'm not sure which I'd use in this context.