tolerably
advUS /ˈtɑləɹəbli/ · UK /ˈtɒləɹəbli/
Etymology From tolerable + -ly.
1
In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
- I don't like the music, but it's tolerably quiet.
2
Dated Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat.
- 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 […]1819, The Ladies' Literary Cabinet:
- 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.1883, The Book-lover's Enchiridion, page 415: