tolerably
IPA: tˈɑɫɝʌbɫi
adverb
- In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
- (dated) Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat.
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Examples of "tolerably" in Sentences
- He spoke in tolerably good English – different from our coarse, broad,
- For my own part, I have to say that I find the idea tolerably convincing.
- "Good night; and thank you, Patty," called a tolerably cheerful voice from under the covers.
- His muzzle, shaped something like a duck's bill, nevertheless formed Paula's name tolerably well.
- While in this temper, as he was taking a solitary walk in the evening, and, to divert his melancholy, was flinging the stones that lay in his path against each other, he happened to break a tolerably large one, and out of it jumped a toad.
- The cries of a dog when beaten often exhibit the same peculiarity; so, too, the puppy, before he has attained skill in barking, will often prolong each utterance in a way which makes its relation to the ancient mode of expression tolerably clear.
- By degrees hay should be mingled with their food, and the quantity of this should be gradually increased while that of the grass is diminished; some carrots cut in tolerably thick slices and a few grains being given occasionally, till the cows have become accustomed to their dry food.
- They should be grown in tolerably rich soil, but which has been enriched with decayed leaves rather than animal manure; as, when they are manured with dung, they are very apt to produce what are called water shoots or gourmands, that is, strong vigorous shoots without any blossom buds.
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