Complete Definition of "tolerablish"

English
Adjective
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  1. context|archaic|colloquial Somewhat tolerable.

#* 1844, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, W. and R. Chambers, page 412:
#*: 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.
#* 1857, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Dynevor terrace: or, The clue of life, Oxford University, page 29:
#*: �Ay, ma'am, Betty do fight it out tolerablish,� was the reply to this compliment.
#* 1882, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Pickle and his page-boy, or, Unlooked for, Oxford University, page 21:
#*: �I like it tolerablish when it's a pretty book, all about killing people,� said Robert.

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