[Vocabulary] Is it 'fairly' or 'favourably'?

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Raymott

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I can't catch the word either. You must have a good ear to understand all that.

Here's what the novel says: "Which do you mean?" and turning round he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said: "She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me;..."
 

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It sounded like thoroughly tolerable to me, but there's plenty of scope for doubt and interpretation there.
 

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"Perfectly tolerable".
 

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Perfectly makes sense, but I have listened again and didn't hear it- it's still thoroughly for me.
 

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Interesting. To begin with, I only read post #1 and didn't read anyone else's suggestions so that my ear wasn't tainted with anyone else's ideas. I played it 3 times and got "perfectly" every time.
 
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