tant bien que maladv.

/ˌtɒn bjan kə ˈmal/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘as well as badly’.

With indifferent success; moderately well, after a fashion.

ΘΚΠ

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

1765 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2663 They amuse me tant bien que mal, for an hour or two every morning.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. II. v. 97 Sketching, tant bien que mal, the bridge and the trees..the writer became an object of no small attention.

1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxvi. 494 We explain the mystery tant bien que mal by our evolutionary theories.

1939 Scrutiny VIII. 42 Thus his fleshly desires are satisfied, tant bien que mal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	tant bien que mal
释义	tant bien que maladv. /ˌtɒn bjan kə ˈmal/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘as well as badly’. With indifferent success; moderately well, after a fashion. ΘΚΠ 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 1765 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2663 They amuse me tant bien que mal, for an hour or two every morning. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. II. v. 97 Sketching, tant bien que mal, the bridge and the trees..the writer became an object of no small attention. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxvi. 494 We explain the mystery tant bien que mal by our evolutionary theories. 1939 Scrutiny VIII. 42 Thus his fleshly desires are satisfied, tant bien que mal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.1765
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