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Definition of Bearably
1. bear [adv] - See also: bear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearably
Literary usage of Bearably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1856)
"First, let us enumerate some of the forms of Teutonic origin. Bear, bearing,
bearer, bearable, bearably ; forbear, forbearing, ..."
2. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1825)
"Nothing, therefore, can be more groundless than these apprehensions of general
insurrection, while our government is only bearably—decently good. ..."
3. Some Modern Novelists: Appreciations and Estimates by Helen Thomas Follett, Wilson Follett (1918)
""—on which note the drama might almost bearably have ended. But there comes
Arabella's harsh retort, literally Hardy's last word in the field of the novel ..."
4. American Journal of Education (1856)
"First, let us enumerate some of the forms of Teutonic origin. Bear, bearing,
bearer, bearable, bearably ; forbear, forbearing, ..."
5. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1920)
"... another) has to act in order to redress the wrong done (moral and material)
and to settle the familial relations bearably and in a Christian way. ..."
6. Japan at First Hand: Her Islands, Their People, the Picturesque, the Real by Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke (1918)
"... colour is modified bearably. In the smaller Shinto shrines the roof is usually
of straw. In the larger temple compounds you find ..."
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