acceptably

1. 1.

   in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner

   “she plays tennis tolerably”

   Synonymstolerablyso-so

   Antonymsunacceptably

Questions about acceptably

What does acceptably mean?

acceptably means "in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner".

How many syllables are in acceptably?

acceptably has 4 syllables: ac-cep-ta-bly. The stress falls on "cep". In IPA it is /ækˈsɛptəbli/.

What is another word for acceptably?

Close synonyms include tolerably, so-so. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of acceptably?

The recorded antonyms are unacceptably.

Is acceptably a common word?

acceptably is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with acceptably?

1 word rhymes with acceptably. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.