tolerably

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tolerably - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tolerable \Tol"er*a*ble\, a. [L. tolerabilis: cf. F.
     tol['e]rable. See Tolerate.]
     1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either
        physically or mentally.
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              As may affect the earth with cold and heat
              Scarce tolerable.                     --Milton.
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     2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very
        excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or
        received without disgust, resentment, or opposition;
        passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable
        entertainment; a tolerable translation. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster] -- Tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. --
        Tol"er*a*bly, adv.
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tolerably - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tolerably
      adv 1: in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner; "she plays
             tennis tolerably" [syn: acceptably, tolerably, so-  so
             ] [ant: intolerably, unacceptably]

tolerably - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "tolerably":
     acceptably, adequately, admissibly, after a fashion, agreeably,
     amply, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most,
     at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst,
     commensurately, comparatively, decently, detectably, enough,
     fair to middling, fairishly, fairly, fairly well, in a manner,
     in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely, indifferently,
     leastwise, mediocrely, merely, middling well, middlingly, mildly,
     moderately, modestly, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, only,
     part, partially, partly, passably, presentably, pretty,
     pretty well, pro tanto, purely, rather, relatively, respectably,
     satisfactorily, satisfyingly, simply, so far, so-so, somewhat,
     sufficiently, thus far, to a degree, to some degree,
     unexceptionably, visibly, well enough