Definition of Acceptably

1. Adverb. In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner. "She plays tennis tolerably"

Exact synonyms: So-so, 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

accentuated
accentuates
accentuating
accentuation
accentuations
accentuator
accentuators
accept
accept service
acceptabilities
acceptability
acceptable
acceptable daily intake
acceptable risk
acceptableness
acceptably (current term)
acceptance
acceptance sampling
acceptances
acceptancy
acceptant
acceptants
acceptation
acceptations
acceptaunce
accepted
accepted pairing
acceptedly
acceptee
acceptees

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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