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Meanings of sufferable in English

Capable of being borne though unpleasant.

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Usage of sufferable in English
1
Finding the air sufferable, he came forth on to the steps.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
2
During the time, the suffering is at least sufferable.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
3
It is a peep, a part revelation, just sufferable, of the Olympian god-Joveplaying carpet-knight.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
4
Lady Ann was offended, and seriously: was alliance with such a woman permissible or sufferable?
There & Back
5
Even Bully Pigeon was sufferable (as Paddy observed), if he was not altogether agreeable.
The Three Midshipmen
6
Yet no man will, at this day, pretend that the Greek of his prize ode is sufferable.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2
7
By 6:00 p.m. the pain was sufferable, though I still saw the world in red.
Desert places: a novel of terror
8
Cyrus, for his part, thought Ainesley was responsible and hardworking, enough anyway to be sufferable, and he wanted the best for him.
Anthill: a novel
9
Skepsey's face was just sufferable by light of day, if one pitied reflecting on his honest intentions; it ceased to discolour another.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4
10
They encountered a band of hostile Indians, and hardest to bear, a loneliness made sufferable only by the illusive phantasies of the golden fever.
Tales of Aztlan; The Romance of a Hero of Our Late Spanish-Ameri...
11
Finding the air sufferable, he came forth on to the steps.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
12
During the time, the suffering is at least sufferable.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
13
It is a peep, a part revelation, just sufferable, of the Olympian god-Joveplaying carpet-knight.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
14
Lady Ann was offended, and seriously: was alliance with such a woman permissible or sufferable?
There & Back
15
Even Bully Pigeon was sufferable (as Paddy observed), if he was not altogether agreeable.
The Three Midshipmen
16
Yet no man will, at this day, pretend that the Greek of his prize ode is sufferable.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2
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