She plays tennis tolerably. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : His arrogance is no longer tolerable. From Dictionary.com.
For my own part, I have to say that I find the idea tolerably convincing. From Wordnik.com. [Who is John Twelve Hawks?] Reference
"Good night; and thank you, Patty," called a tolerably cheerful voice from under the covers. From Wordnik.com. [When Patty Went to College] Reference
Brady's Island is well wooded, and all the river along which our road led to-day, may, in general, be called tolerably well timbered. From Wordnik.com. [The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources] Reference
We remain tolerably well. —. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 113] Reference
She was not as yet very well acquainted with the English language, and did not know what "tolerably" meant; she supposed it meant. From Wordnik.com. [Dotty Dimple At Home] Reference
In such cases a tolerably accurate diagnosis is as. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
The climate is good; food is abundant; life is tolerably easy. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [The Rule of Order 17] Reference
I am a tolerably good chemist, and have spoken understandingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
"Yes, she is charming, and tolerably well off into the bargain.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But only bully hard, and you are tolerably sure to gain your point. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
After that it was a tolerably easy matter to unearth its whereabouts. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
By evening a tolerably active fermentation had begun to manifest itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
The driving dynamics of the Sport-package Jetta are tolerably taut and competent. From Wordnik.com. [Volkswagen and the Perils of Less for Less] Reference
He must form tolerably correct estimates of the forces beneath and their character. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
He was "very young, very vain, good-looking, tolerably rich, and quite uncontrolled.". From Wordnik.com. [Nick Leeson, Meet Carlo Ponzi] Reference
A tolerably large fragment of one of these knocked off my shako and killed a mail beside me. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
Both sides being served in the same manner, the skull presents a tolerably clean appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
I'm tolerably comfortable if I don't overdo -- that is, if I stay out of doors while I'm doing. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
It creates the legal and political framework without which tolerably free markets could not survive. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Of Adam Smith] Reference
An ugly person with tact may make a bad face and figure pass very tolerably, and more than tolerably. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
As long as Mr. Noble was well, he was able to procure game and kept their larder tolerably well stocked. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
It proved tolerably palatable, especially the liver and kidneys, pronounced equal to those of a bullock. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
She became tolerably composed at last, and I took her back to the drawing-room, where I was glad to find. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
The NRDC may not disclose the names of all its contributors, but it's tolerably open about its activities. From Wordnik.com. [Proposition 23, Anti-Environment 'California Jobs Initiative', Is Funded By Big Polluters In Texas And The Midwest] Reference
Watching it, again, when it has been tolerably well sweltered, you will see air-bubbles incessantly escaping. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
There is not much choice of dishes in the interior of Russia; but what one does get is sure to be tolerably good. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Madame F-- For myself, you know, my dear, I fulfil my duties tolerably, still I am not what would be called a devotee. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A day or so after, when sweeping out the ring, he found in the sawdust an envelope unwritten upon, and tolerably clean. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
When first, some five years ago, we saw Mr. Cooper perform Richard, we thought he played it tolerably, but wanted weight. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
That system worked tolerably well when the EU was limited to a few nations that fell on the right side of the Iron Curtain. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of A Really Bad Year] Reference
In this point of view they might be read with profit, could we be sure that the pictures they present were tolerably faithful. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Beloved Men, who have great weight among them; none of whom have indeed any coercive authority, yet all are tolerably well obeyed. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
The Cure only forgot one thing, it is true, but that was a thing tolerably essential in an introduction -- the family name of Jean. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In speaking of the drilling of firemen, I shall give a short account of the plan followed here, which has been tolerably successful. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction] Reference
The harbour is also tolerably well fortified, the King having at different times presented the province with great guns for that purpose. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
His hands were, therefore, tolerably full; for he had not only this little affair to attend to, but to exercise his vigilance to prevent De. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
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