What does tolerably mean?

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

How many syllables are in tolerably?

tolerably has 4 syllables: to-le-ra-bly. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for tolerably?

Close synonyms include acceptably, 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 tolerably?

The recorded antonyms are intolerably.

Is tolerably a common word?

tolerably 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.

tolerably — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
“she plays tennis tolerably”
Synonymsacceptably so-so
Antonymsintolerably

Questions about tolerably

What does tolerably mean?: tolerably means "in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner".
How many syllables are in tolerably?: tolerably has 4 syllables: to-le-ra-bly. The stress falls on "le".
What is another word for tolerably?: Close synonyms include acceptably, 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 tolerably?: The recorded antonyms are intolerably.
Is tolerably a common word?: tolerably 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tolerably come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
“she plays tennis tolerably”
Synonymsacceptably so-so
Antonymsintolerably

Questions about tolerably

What does tolerably mean?: tolerably means "in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner".
How many syllables are in tolerably?: tolerably has 4 syllables: to-le-ra-bly. The stress falls on "le".
What is another word for tolerably?: Close synonyms include acceptably, 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 tolerably?: The recorded antonyms are intolerably.
Is tolerably a common word?: tolerably 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tolerably come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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