Tolerable
['tɒl(ə)rəb(ə)l] or ['tɑlərəbl]
Definition
(adj.) capable of being borne or endured; 'the climate is at least tolerable' .
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Definition
(a.) Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
(a.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Endurable, sufferable, bearable, supportable.[2]. Passable, ordinary, middling, so so, indifferent, pretty good, not very bad.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Endurable, bearable, supportable, sufferable, allowable, permissible, sufficient,passable
ANT:Unendurable, unbearable, insupportable, insufferable, unallowable,impermissible, insufficient, intolerable
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Definition
adj. that may be tolerated or endured: moderately good or agreeable: not contemptible.—ns. Tolerabil′ity Tol′erableness.—adv. Tol′erably.—n. Tol′erance the tolerating or enduring of offensive persons or opinions charity patience indulgence.—adj. Tol′erant tolerating: enduring: indulgent: favouring toleration.—adv. Tol′erantly.—v.t. Tol′erāte to bear: to endure: to allow by not hindering.—ns. Tolerā′tion act of tolerating: allowance of what is not approved: liberty given to a minority to hold and express their own political or religious opinions and to be admitted to the same civil privileges as the majority; Tolerā′tionist; Tol′erator.
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Examples
- And I think,' added Mr Inspector, in conclusion, 'that if all goes well with him, he's in a tolerable way of getting it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Could she believe Miss Crawford to deserve him, it would be--oh, how different would it be--how far more tolerable! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Discovery, research, inquiry in new lines, inventions, finally came to be either the social fashion, or in some degree tolerable. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You've all tolerable good eyes, ain't you? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Are they pretty tolerable? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Tolerable,' returned Mr Venus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So very fond of you as Miss Crawford is, it is most natural that she should tell you enough of her own feelings to furnish a tolerable guess at mine. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I've swallered several; and one had a tolerable quill, said Sam placidly from the corner. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In about ten weeks time, I was able to understand most of his questions; and in three months, could give him some tolerable answers. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It needed all Jane's steady mildness to bear these attacks with tolerable tranquillity. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The house is by no means bad, and when the yard is removed, there may be a very tolerable approach to it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In the day of a future judgment, these very considerations may make it more tolerable for him than for you. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Of these I also made very tolerable stockings. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- You've tolerable good eyes, ain't you, Governor? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We're tolerable, sir, I thank you, replied Grace, lifting the boiling mess carefully on to the hob: rather snappish, but not 'rageous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The rooms on the floor above the two galleries are kept in tolerable repair, but are very seldom used. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Not a tolerable woman's part in the play. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Rawdon made her a tolerable annuity, and we may be sure that she was a woman who could make a little money go a great way, as the saying is. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Tolerable sport the first three days, but there has been no attempting anything since. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Was she as much plagued as herself to get tolerable servants? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Often as she had wished for and ordered it, she had never been able to get any thing tolerable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yes, sir, if the weather holds and the wind sets tolerable fair. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- For my own part, at present, I pass my time agreeably enough; I enjoy (through mercy) a tolerable share of health. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is in a tolerable state of preservation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Rich enough to work with tolerable peace of mind? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is upon this account that, in many large incorporated towns, no tolerable workmen are to be found, even in some of the most necessary trades. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thank you, sir, I am tolerable, returned Mr. Guppy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I think my flesh would be pretty tolerable strong, in such a case, said Phineas, stretching out a pair of arms like the sails of a windmill. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Tolerable,' Wegg rejoins. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Tolerable sober, my angel, returns Mr. Bucket. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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