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Definition of Acceptably
1. Adverb. In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner. "She plays tennis tolerably"
Partainyms: Acceptable, Tolerable
Antonyms: Unacceptably, Intolerably
Definition of Acceptably
1. adv. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
Definition of Acceptably
1. Adverb. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction. ¹
2. Adverb. To an acceptable degree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acceptably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acceptably
Literary usage of Acceptably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"HOW EVERYTHING MAY BE DONE acceptably TO THE GODS WHEN some one asked, How may
a man eat acceptably to the gods, he answered: If he can eat justly and ..."
2. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"HOW EVERYTHING MAY BE DONE acceptably TO THE GODS WHEN some one asked, How may
a man eat acceptably to the gods, he answered: If he can eat justly and ..."
3. Sermons and Sketches of Sermons by Richard Watson (1857)
"Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby
we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: for our God is ..."
4. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"... O'Neill had conducted himself therein so gallantly, and so acceptably, that
he was forthwith transferred to Ulster, where his services were represented ..."
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