a. rare. [f. as prec. + -ISH1.] Somewhat tolerable, pretty fair, just passable.

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1798.  (Given as a ‘Hampshirism’ in a letter from J. Jefferson to J. Boucher 23 Feb. (MS.)].

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1857.  Miss Yonge, Dynevor Terrace, I. iii. 25. Ay, ma’am, Betty do fight it out tolerablish.

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1899.  Pall Mall Mag., Jan., 80. I vow the music sounds tolerablish.

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