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TOLERABLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
Example:
she plays tennis tolerably
Synonyms:
acceptably; so-so; tolerably
Classified under:
Antonym:
intolerably (to an unacceptable degree)
Pertainym:
tolerable (capable of being borne or endured)
Context examples:
Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Thus wisely fortifying her mind, as she proceeded upstairs, she was enabled, especially on perceiving that Miss Tilney slept only two doors from her, to enter her room with a tolerably stout heart; and her spirits were immediately assisted by the cheerful blaze of a wood fire.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
He would naturally use the first words which came to his mind, and if there were so many which referred to sport among them, you may be tolerably sure that he is either an ardent shot or interested in breeding.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Seriously, however, she felt tolerably persuaded that all this must have taken place with that gentleman's concurrence.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I do not know but that the place agrees with her tolerably.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
And there is no reason to suppose, added Sir Thomas, but that his visits to us may now be tolerably frequent.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The end of the negotiation was, that she bought the property on tolerably easy terms, and Traddles was transported with pleasure.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She was persuaded that any tolerably pleasing young woman who had listened and seemed to feel for him would have received the same compliment.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Very early in April, and tolerably early in the day, the two parties from Hanover Square and Berkeley Street set out from their respective homes, to meet, by appointment, on the road.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
