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tolerable adjective & adverb. LME.
[Old & mod. French tolerable from Latin tolerabilis, from tolerare TOLERATE: see -ABLE.]
A. adjective.
Able to be tolerated or endured; supportable; bearable, endurable. LME.
T. Hardy Winter in a solitary house in the country, without society, is tolerable..given certain conditions. Which? The World Health Organization..has drawn up a tolerable weekly intake for aluminium.
Moderate in degree, quality, or character; mediocre, passable; now esp., fairly good or agreeable. L15.
E. Gaskell He had eaten a very tolerable lunch. H. J. Laski There was already a tolerable certainty of his success.
Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible, allowable. Long rare or obsolete. M16.
Bacon The most Tolerable..Reuenge is for those wrongs which there is no Law to remedy.
pred. In fair health; passably well. colloq. E19.
C. Bront? We're tolerable, sir, I thank you.
b. adverb. Tolerably, passably, moderately. Now chiefly colloq. & dial. E17.
M. Twain Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid.
tolera'bility noun the quality or state of being tolerable; tolerableness: M17.
tolerableness noun E17.
tolerablish adjective (colloq. rare) somewhat tolerable, just passable L18.
tolerably adverb in a tolerable manner or way; passably, moderately, fairly well: LME.