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
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
In turn, she uses her influence and the indulgence of her husband King George III to raise the status of people of color in society or at least make them tolerably fashionable.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2020
Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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