TOLERABLE, TOLERABLENESS, TOLERABLY
ADJECTIVES
1656 ► IGNOSCIBLE fit to be forgiven or pardoned; tolerable → obs.
18C.. ► DECENT tolerable, fairly good, acceptable
1790 ► MACKERLY shapely, fashionable, tolerable → Eng. dial.
1797 ► TOLL-LOLL → TOL-LOL tolerable, bearable, pretty good, pretty well, passable → sl.
1798 ► TOLERABLISH somewhat tolerable, pretty fair, just passable
1825 ► AFTERGAIT tolerable, not excessive; also applied to the weather → Sc. obs.
1825 ► FEATISH pretty good, tolerable, considerable; fairly well in health → Eng. dial.
1825 ► GANGABLE tolerable → Sc. obs.
M19. ► TOL-LOLLISH tolerable, bearable
1871 ► THOLESUM bearable, tolerable → Sc.
1878 ► MIDDLINGISH moderate, fair, tolerable → Eng. dial.
1895 ► THOLEABLE bearable, tolerable → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1905 ► MIDDLEKIN tolerable → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TARBLE corruption of tolerable; esp. used of health → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► TOLABLE tolerable → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1923 ► BIDEABLE bearable, tolerable → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
1553 ► GAILY fairly, tolerably; pretty well → chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
1702 ► SUFFERABLY tolerably → arch.
1703 ► MEETERLY → METERLY tolerably, moderately, fairly → Eng. dial.
1742 ► GAILIES tolerably, moderately or fairly well → Sc.
1765 ► MIDDLING moderately, tolerably, fairly
1790 ► MEEVERLY → MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently → Eng. dial.
M19. ► TOL-LOLLISH tolerably
1853 ► GAILINS tolerably, moderately or fairly well → Sc.
1890 ► MIDDLINGISH moderately, tolerably → Eng. dial.
1900 ► GAIN nearly, almost; pretty, tolerably; very, quite → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1640 ► TOLERABILITY the quality or state of being tolerable; tolerableness