adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable
(adjective) about average; acceptable; “more than adequate as a secretary”
tolerable
(adjective) capable of being borne or endured; “the climate is at least tolerable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)
Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
In fair health; passably well.
• intolerable
tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)
(dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately.
Source: Wiktionary
Tol"er*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. tolerabilis: cf. F. tolérable. See Tolerate.]
1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. As may affect tionearth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable. Milton.
2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation. Dryden.
– Tol"er*a*ble*ness, n.
– Tol"er*a*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
