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tolerable |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tolerable \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tolerable adj 1: capable of being borne; "tolerable noise levels" 2: able to be tolerated or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable" [ant: {intolerable}] 3: capable of being tolerated; "sufferable difficulties" [syn: {sufferable}] 4: 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" [syn: {indifferent}, {passable}, {so-so(p)}]
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