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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              As may affect the earth with cold and heat
              Scarce tolerable.                     --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
              As may affect the earth with cold and heat Scarce
              tolerable.                            --Milton.
  
     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. --
        Tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- Tol"er*a*bly, adv.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  tolerably
       adv 1: in a tolerable manner; "she did it well enough" [syn: well
              enough, to a tolerable degree, to an adequate
              degree]
       2: in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner; "she plays
          tennis tolerably" [syn: acceptably, so-so] [ant: unacceptably,
           unacceptably]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tolerably
     adv.
     1 In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
     2 (lb en dated) Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  tolerably
     adv.
     1 In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
     2 (lb en dated) Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  tolerably
     adv.
     1 In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
     2 (lb en dated) Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  tolerably
     adv.
     1 In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
     2 (lb en dated) Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Tolerably /tˈɒləɹəbli/
  بشكل محتمل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  tolerably //ˈtɑləɹəbli// //ˈtɒləɹəbli// 
  поносимо, приемливо
  in a tolerable manner

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tolerably /tˈɒləɹəbli/ 
  přípustně

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  tolerably /tˈɒləɹəbli/ 
  snesitelně

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tolerably /tˈɒləɹəbli/
  erträglich 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  tolerably //ˈtɑləɹəbli// //ˈtɒləɹəbli// 
  siedettävästi
  in a tolerable manner

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  tolerably /tˈɒləɹəbli/
  1. tûrhetôen
  2. meglehetôsen

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  ad. 可容忍地,差不多地,相当地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     ad. 可容忍地,差不多地,相当地

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