Tolerably

Examples

• Fanny, not able to refrain entirely from observing them, had seen enough to be tolerably satisfied. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• And do you see her, sir, tolerably often? Jane Austen. Emma.
• Keimer and I lived on a pretty good, familiar footing, and agreed tolerably well; for he suspected nothing of my setting up. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Donne happened to come into the drawing-room while Shirley, sitting on the sofa, formed the centre of a tolerably wide circle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Only tolerably! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In the room downstairs we mustered a tolerably brilliant number of _beaux_ about us, for Paris; but Paris was not London. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The bottom of chest and top of stool are covered with green cloth, so as to make a tolerably air-tight joint. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Seriously, however, she felt tolerably persuaded that all this must have taken place with that gentleman's concurrence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Volumnia, replies Sir Leicester, who has a list in his hand, we are doing tolerably. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Have I made it tolerably clear to you so far? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Charlotte herself was tolerably composed. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I do not know but that the place agrees with her tolerably. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Each compartment is partially subdivided, and so there are two tolerably distinct parties of four in it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• All this looked tolerably expensive, I thought, and gave me an agreeable notion of a proctor's business. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I could now speak the language tolerably well, and perfectly understood every word, that was spoken to me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The end of the negotiation was, that she bought the property on tolerably easy terms, and Traddles was transported with pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• And now I can tolerably comprehend his behaviour. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Your condition may be consistent with a tolerably comfortable life for another fifteen years, or even more. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Tolerably, for I had gone up the staircase in the dark, many a time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• At last, and tolerably in his usual tone, he said, I have never had a high opinion of Frank Churchill. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The dear Colonel rallied his spirits tolerably till just at last; but Darcy seemed to feel it most acutely, more, I think, than last year. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• My mother is tolerably well, I trust; though her spirits are greatly shaken. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He is not there, but his two old-fashioned candlesticks are, and the room is tolerably light. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am rather bare here, but I hope you'll be able to make out tolerably well till Monday. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Yes, tolerably well-favoured, Sam replied. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But if you are clever enough to get through life tolerably to your satisfaction, you have got the better of me, Man as I am, and Mutton as you are! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My right arm was tolerably restored; disfigured, but fairly serviceable. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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