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tolerable [ˈtɒlərəbəl] adj
1. able to be tolerated; endurable 2. permissible 3. Informal fairly good tolerableness , tolerability n tolerably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
tolerable adjective 1. bearable, acceptable, allowable, supportable, endurable, sufferable He described their living conditions as tolerable. bearable unacceptable, intolerable, unbearable, insufferable, unendurable 2. (Informal) fair, O.K. or okay (informal), middling, average, all right, ordinary, acceptable, reasonable, good enough, adequate, indifferent, not bad (informal), mediocre, so-so (informal), run-of-the-mill, passable, unexceptional, fairly good, fair to middling Is there anywhere tolerable to eat in town? fair bad, awful, dreadful, rotten Translations tolerable [ˈtɒlərəbl] ADJ 1. (= bearable) [pain, heat] → soportable, tolerable 2. (= not too bad) [film, food] → pasable tolerable adj (lit) pain, noise level etc → erträglich; (fig: = not too bad also) → annehmbar, leidlich, passabel (inf); to keep something at a tolerable level → etw im erträglichen Rahmen or im Rahmen des Erträglichen halten; how are you? — tolerable → wie gehts dir? — ganz leidlich or passabel (inf); to be tolerable to somebody → für jdn annehmbar sein How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Taking one of the Diggers for a guide, they set off along the river, and to their joy soon found the country free from snow, as had been predicted, so that their horses once more had the benefit of tolerable pasturage. My Father's house is situated in Bedfordshire, my Aunt's in Middlesex, and tho' I flatter myself with being a tolerable proficient in Geography, I know not how it happened, but I found myself entering this beautifull Vale which I find is in South Wales, when I had expected to have reached my Aunts. The most tolerable sort of revenge, is for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy; but then let a man take heed, the revenge be such as there is no law to punish; else a man's enemy is still before hand, and it is two for one. |
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