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Definition of Intolerably
1. Adverb. To an unacceptable degree. "The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high"
Definition of Intolerably
1. Adverb. In an intolerable manner; beyond endurance. ¹
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Definition of Intolerably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intolerably
Literary usage of Intolerably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Dogmas of Religion by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1906)
"Unless a certain dogma is true, it may be said, the universe would be intolerably
bad—either intolerably miserable or intolerably wicked—and therefore the ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Such a locality is described by Shelley in the decay of the garden of the Sensitive
Plant:— horn in the intolerably foetid nature of the odour exhaled. ..."
3. The History of Rome by Thomas Arnold (1853)
"... than an irresistible instinct to escape from what is clearly and intolerably
bad, even though they have no definite prospect of arriving at good. ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1861)
"It is a quarter of a tone below the present pitch, by general consent voted
intolerably high. Its adoption would involve little, if any, inconvenience or ..."
5. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1861)
"... consent voted intolerably high. Its adoption would involve little, if any,
inconvenience or pecuniary loss to instrumental performers or makers of ..."
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