Definition of Intolerably

1. Adverb. To an unacceptable degree. "The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high"

Exact synonyms: Unacceptably
Partainyms: Tolerable, Acceptable
Antonyms: Tolerably, Acceptably

Definition of Intolerably

1. Adverb. In an intolerable manner; beyond endurance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intolerably

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intolerably

intitules
intituling
intiv
intl.
into
into't
into detail
into the bargain
into the wind
into thin air
intoe
intoed
intolerability
intolerable
intolerableness
intolerably (current term)
intolerance
intolerances
intolerancy
intolerant
intolerant of(p)
intolerantly
intolerantness
intolerants
intolerated
intolerating
intoleration
intomb
intombed
intombing

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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