tolerably
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Why pay a human to write well when you could pay a robot less to write tolerably?
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2024
I’m less convinced that “Avatar: The Last Airbender” can tolerably infuse its scripts more of the joyful lunacy that came naturally to the original without turning away the unconvinced.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024
You know from experience that a tolerably cold or hot stimulus can quickly progress to a much more intense stimulus that is no longer tolerable.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
On a tolerably warm Sunday afternoon, I sat in bliss as a butterfly joined the cast of this outdoor production, tracing parabolas of enchantment as though a new member of Titania’s fairy train.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
The weather affected Mr. Woodhouse, and he could only be kept tolerably comfortable by almost ceaseless attention on his daughter’s side, and by exertions which had never cost her half so much before.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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