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