intolerably

1. 1.

   to an unacceptable degree

   “The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high”

   Synonymsunacceptably

   Antonymstolerably

Questions about intolerably

What does intolerably mean?

intolerably means "to an unacceptable degree".

How many syllables are in intolerably?

intolerably has 5 syllables: in-to-le-ra-bly. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈtɑlɚəbli/.

What is another word for intolerably?

Close synonyms include unacceptably. 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 intolerably?

The recorded antonyms are tolerably.

Is intolerably a common word?

intolerably 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.