Thesaurus / tolerably
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Who could suppose that two tolerably civilized nations would endure this in the middle of 1851?
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYWhat was equally important, a thick clump of cottonwood and willow furnished tolerably secure concealment.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThe coffee-trees stand in rows upon tolerably steep hillocks.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERIt is tolerably certain that this is a corrupt form of the passage, and only makes the matter darker.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERThe streets, as I have already mentioned, are tolerably lively: peculiar omnibuses and cabriolets traverse them frequently.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERThey take care, however, to place their nests in tolerably inaccessible places that cannot well be reached without a rope.
BIRDS OF GUERNSEY (1879)CECIL SMITHIn other cases the nebulous appearance is hardly more than a mist about a tolerably distinct central star.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERHalf wet through, and tolerably fatigued, I retired to my couch of dry leaves immediately after partaking of our scanty meal.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERThe dullness of that time has gone, and the roads are tolerably travelled to-day.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERWith these precautions, and a careful destruction of all neighboring weeds, a tolerably clean bed may be expected.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.WORDS RELATED TO TOLERABLY
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