Definitions
in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
Word origin
From tolerable + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“I don't like the music, but it's tolerably quiet.”
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“not outstanding”9 letters
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