Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a sufferable manner; tolerably.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a sufferable manner.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

sufferable +‎ -ly

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sufferably.

Examples

  • Players are the worst readers of all: — reads vilely; and Mrs. —, who is so celebrated, can read nothing well but dramatic compositions: Milton she cannot read sufferably.

    Confessions of an English Opium-Eater 2003

  • But they burned in so great charity that they cast and threw away their arms and harness, and kneeling on their knees received sufferably with a joyous heart the swords of them that martyred them, among whom Maurice, embraced in the love and faith of Jesu Christ, received the crown of martyrdom.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900

  • _ 'In Joe Miller this story would read, perhaps, sufferably.

    Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • _ 'In Joe Miller this story would read, perhaps, sufferably.

    Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • Players are the worst readers of all: -- reads vilely; and Mrs. ---, who is so celebrated, can read nothing well but dramatic compositions: Milton she cannot read sufferably.

    Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Thomas De Quincey 1822

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.