TOLERABLE


Meaning of TOLERABLE in English

I. ˈtäl(ə)rəbəl, -älərb-, dial -äləb- adjective

Etymology: Middle English tollerabill, from Latin tolerabilis, from tolerare to endure, put up with + -abilis -able — more at tolerate

1. : capable of being borne or endured : physically or morally supportable : bearable

a tolerable compromise can be worked out — P.E.James

the task … of making life secure and tolerable for every class in the empire — John Buchan

2.

a. : meeting some minimum standard of acceptability : fit to be countenanced or permitted : allowable , sufferable

socially tolerable conduct

there could be no tolerable apology for injustice — Oscar Handlin

a tolerable paragraph must have gone through six or seven versions — J.M.Barzun

b. : of moderate worth, excellence, or magnitude : fairly good : merely passable : mediocre , middling

the advantages of a tolerable income — William Black

bring lunar and solar times into tolerable , though not exact, harmony — J.G.Frazer

II. adverb

dialect : tolerably

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.