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tolerable

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tol·er·a·ble  (tlr--bl)
adj.
1. Capable of being tolerated; endurable.
2. Fairly good; passable. See Synonyms at average.

toler·a·bili·ty, toler·a·ble·ness n.
toler·a·bly adv.

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
Adj.1.tolerable - capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
permissible, allowable - that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"
intolerable, unbearable, unendurable - incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"
2.tolerable - about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"
satisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"

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 [ˈtɒlərəbəl] adj
(= bearable) → tolérable
(= fairly good) → passable
tolerable
adj (lit) pain, noise level etcerträglich; (fig: = not too bad also) → annehmbar, leidlich, passabel (inf); to keep something at a tolerable leveletw im erträglichen Rahmen or im Rahmen des Erträglichen halten; how are you? — tolerablewie gehts dir? — ganz leidlich or passabel (inf); to be tolerable to somebodyfür jdn annehmbar sein
tolerable [ˈtɒlərəbl] adj
a. (bearable) → sopportabile, tollerabile
b. (fairly good) → passabile, discreto/a


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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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