Considerable

·adj Of importance or value.

II. Considerable ·adj Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.

III. Considerable ·adj Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable;

— said of persons.

considerable
1) used adverbially for very, is a common vulgarism. A body has to stir about considerable smart in...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
pretty considerable
Tolerable, pretty well; tolerably, pretty. A New England vulgarism. I went to the theatre in Boston...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.