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tolerablish

adj

Etymology

From tolerable + -ish.

  1. derived from tolerābilis
  2. derived from tolerable
  3. inherited from tolerable
  4. suffixed as tolerablish — “tolerable + ish”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat tolerable.

    • There was a good many there, and some on 'em learned to read very well, and some couldn't learn nohow. I got on tolerablish.
    • ‘Ay, ma'am, Betty do fight it out tolerablish,’ was the reply to this compliment.
    • “I like it tolerablish when it's a pretty book, all about killing people,” said Robert.

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