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Tolerable

Tolerable Meaning & Definition
Tolerable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tolerable?

[adj] capable of being borne; "tolerable noise levels"
[adj] neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"
[adj] capable of being tolerated; "sufferable difficulties"
[adj] able to be tolerated or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tolerable: acceptable | bearable | endurable | indifferent | ordinary | passable | permissible | so-so(p) | sufferable | supportable

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Tolerable In Webster's Dictionary

\Tol"er*a*ble\, a. [L. tolerabilis: cf. F. tol['e]rable. See {Tolerate}.] 1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. As may affect the earth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable. --Milton. 2. 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. --Dryden. -- {Tol"er*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Tol"er*a*bly}, adv.

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