adequately vs tolerably

adequately

adv
  • In an adequate manner. 

  • Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily. 

  • Barely satisfactory or sufficient. 

tolerably

adv
  • In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated. 

How often have the words adequately and tolerably occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )