acceptably

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əkˈsɛptəbli/ UK /əkˈsɛptəbli/ See IPA manual

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in a way that is satisfactory or adequate

The repairs held up acceptably through the winter storms.

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1 adv · in a way that is... adequately satisfactorily suitably tolerably passably

Opposites

unacceptablyinadequatelyunsatisfactorily

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Related forms accept acceptable acceptability

Etymology

From acceptable + -ly, from Latin acceptāre ('to receive, accept'), from ad- ('to') + capere ('to take').

acceptāre Latin capere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

# acceptably

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** əkˈsɛptəbli
**IPA (UK):** əkˈsɛptəbli

## Meanings
1. in a way that is satisfactory or adequate

## Examples
- The repairs held up acceptably through the winter storms.

## Synonyms
- adequately
- satisfactorily
- suitably
- tolerably
- passably

## Antonyms
- unacceptably
- inadequately
- unsatisfactorily

## Related Forms
- accept
- acceptable
- acceptability

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: acceptāre
- Root: capere

## Etymology
From acceptable + -ly, from Latin acceptāre ('to receive, accept'), from ad- ('to') + capere ('to take').

## AI Etymology
Acceptably is from acceptable + -ly, from Latin acceptāre ('to receive, accept'), from ad- ('to') + capere ('to take'). Important recorded forms include acceptāre (Latin) and capere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers in a way that is satisfactory or adequate. The wider family includes related words such as accept, acceptable, and acceptability.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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