tolerably

adverb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑləɹəbli/ / /ˈtɒləɹəbli/

Etymology: Etymology tree English tolerable Middle English -ly English -ly English tolerably From tolerable + -ly.

In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
“I don't like the music, but it's tolerably quiet.”
Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat.
“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 […]”
“At least, he may claim that we should bring to him a tolerably patient and receptive mind, not a repelling, refusive mind; in a word, that we should treat him with decency, if we profess to attend to him at all.”