( linguistics) judged to be in conformity with approved usage; " acceptable English usage"

worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; " acceptable levels of radiation"; " performances varied from acceptable to excellent"

adequate for the purpose; " the water was acceptable for drinking"

meeting requirements; " the step makes a satisfactory seat"

judged to be in conformity with approved usage; " acceptable English usage"

Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.

Pleasing; welcome; agreeable.

Acceptability.

Acceptably.

To be accepted: pleasing: agreeable.

Agreeable; satisfactory.

Worthy of being accepted; pleasing; welcome.

Sure to be accepted with pleasure.

It seemed impossible to come to an understanding and form a cabinet which would be equally acceptable to the marshal and to the Chambers. – My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 by Mary King Waddington

Some of these brought literary work of an acceptable sort for me to do. – Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston

Let not any one pretend in his faith that his faith is immediately evident and everywhere acceptable. – On Something by H. Belloc

As I ate it, which I should have felt bound to do even had it been less acceptable in itself, she resumed- 'Wouldn't you like to see the company arrive? – Wilfrid Cumbermede by George MacDonald

Yes; he would make himself acceptable to Miss Baker. – The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

If we should use your picture- That will be very acceptable, the real estate man responded, smiling with satisfaction. – The Clock Strikes Thirteen by Mildred A. Wirt

There can be but one mode in which your interference with him could be deemed acceptable: need I tell you, sir, who are a soldier, how that is? – Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Lever

His interests were centred in his home, and he found no companionship more acceptable than that of his own children. – George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians by T. Martin Wood

Having made himself useful, he could then intimate that a " lift" down the road would be acceptable. – A Man and His Money by Frederic Stewart Isham

In the Fur Company's store you will find many things acceptable to you. – Diary in America, Series One by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

Though the lake is not even with the snow- level, the cool air makes a light overcoat most acceptable after the warm morning climb. – A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix

The captain invited me to supper in his cabin, and a berth for the night, which was truly acceptable. – The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms

Perhaps he might offer some acceptable arrangement ere the notary conveyed his estate to him. – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

Being once again nearly nine thousand feet high, we found the air bitterly cold, making a blazing fire most acceptable. – The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey

I think you will find him acceptable, suh. – Ride Proud, Rebel! by Andre Alice Norton

My wife sat with me much of the day, and I truly think that our thoughts were acceptable worship. – Driven Back to Eden by E. P. Roe

In any collection of a hundred persons there will be found those who cannot make use of certain articles of food generally acceptable. – A Mortal Antipathy by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I don't remember just the terms I used in doing this, but they seemed satisfactory to Kendricks; probably a repetition of the letters of the alphabet would have been equally acceptable. – An Open-Eyed Conspiracy--An Idyl of Saratoga by William Dean Howells

I hope it is acceptable? – The Story of a Mine by Bret Harte

That is the measure of acceptable service. – Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren