Tolerably

//ˈtɑləɹəbli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.

    "I don't like the music, but it's tolerably quiet."

  2. 2
    Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat. dated

    "With a small knife or larding pin, cut holes in the beef, to receive the bacon thus prepared; place the lardings tolerably thick and even; rub the beef over with the remainder of the seasoning […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acceptablyacceptablyadequatelyadmissiblyafter a fashionagreeably

Example

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"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, cloath and lodge the whole body of the people, should have such a share of the produce of their own labour as to be themselves tolerably well fed, cloathed and lodged."

Etymology

From tolerable + -ly.

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