acceptablyadv.
/əkˈsɛptəbli/, /akˈsɛptəbli/, U.S. /əkˈsɛptəbli/, /ækˈsɛptəbli/ In an acceptable or agreeable manner; so as to be accepted; satisfactorily. In later use frequently: tolerably, so as to meet a minimum standard.In quot. 1479: acceptingly, willingly.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adverb]
wellOE
sufficientlyc1380
acceptably1479
competently1541
somewhat like1593
tant bien que mal1765
bearably1784
unobjectionably1797
fairly1836
decently1846
OK1886
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb]
to goodeOE
thankc888
yernec888
lieflyc900
lovelyeOE
lustly971
willinglyOE
wilfullyc1000
with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE
fainc1175
lustilya1225
lief1297
yfaȝea1300
blethelyc1300
goodlya1375
blelyc1380
willingc1384
bainc1400
acceptably1479
bainlya1500
cheerfully1523
towardly1523
desirously1531
pronely?1532
fainly1535
wilningly1597
bongre1598
libentiously1606
volently1614
propensely1648
easily1649
with (a) good grace1650
unreluctantly1655
with the best will (in the world)1814
unhesitatingly1829
unqualifyingly1841
unloathly1844
happily1889
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adverb]
allowablyc1443
acceptably1479
admirably1570
to admiration1591
admiredly1598
acceptedly1600
unrebukably1609
unexceptionably1662
1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) i. iv Remembraunce of dethe causeth a man to..acceptably take vppon hym to do penaunce.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xliv. 16 Enoch walked right & acceptably before the Lorde.
1611 Bible (King James) Heb. xii. 28 Let vs haue grace, whereby wee may serue God acceptably . View more context for this quotation
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xiii. 1) iv. 4 How to do any thing acceptably to God, or availably to his own salvation.
1775 in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. 20 (1923) 46 Our dear and worthy friends..visited this nation very acceptably to sensible friends.
1829 R. Southey All for Love i. 9 And Heaven acceptably receive His costliest sacrifice.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany 87 The glare of the sun being acceptably veiled at intervals.
1915 H. C. F. Jenkin Mrs. Siddons as Lady Macbeth i. 3 Mr. Siddons was a useful actor, ready to play any part at shortest notice, and likely to render it at least acceptably.
1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 170 We never saw the show, but I understand the song was acceptably presented and received.
1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xvi. 479 Her solo record had sold acceptably but not well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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