Tolerable, pretty well; tolerably, pretty. A New England vulgarism.
I went to the theatre in Boston, where the acting was pretty considerable, considering.--Crockett, Tour, p. 87.
Dear Col. Crockett--I have heard of you a great deal lately, and read considerable of your writings; and I feel pretty considerable well acquainted with you.--Maj. Downing, Letter to Crockett, Tour, p. 217.
There are some folks who think a good deal, and say but little, and they are wise folks; and there are others again, who blurt out whatever comes uppermost, and I guess they are pretty considerable superfine fools.--Sam Slick.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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