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Passable Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Passable? [adj] neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French" [adj] able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable" [adj] about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Passable: adequate \| climbable \| fair to middling \| indifferent \| navigable \| negotiable \| ordinary \| satisfactory \| so-so(p) \| surmountable \| tolerable \| travelable \| traversable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Passable: acceptable \| accessible \| adequate \| admissible \| agreeable \| all right \| allowable \| alright \| attainable \| average \| better than nothing \| betwixt and between \| decent \| dull \| fair \| fair to middling \| fairish \| good enough \| goodish \| indifferent \| insipid \| lackluster \| mediocre \| medium \| middling \| moderate \| modest \| namby-pamby \| navigable \| negotiable \| not amiss \| not bad \| not half bad \| not so bad \| of a kind \| of a sort \| of sorts \| OK \| okay \| open \| presentable \| pretty good \| reachable \| respectable \| satisfactory \| so so \| so-so \| sufficient \| tedious \| tenable \| tidy \| tolerable \| traversable \| unblocked \| unexceptionable \| unexceptional \| unobjectionable \| unobstructed \| vapid \| viable \| wishy-washy \| workmanlike See Also \| Passable In Webster's Dictionary \Pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. passable.] 1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. --Shak. 2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current. With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. --L'Estrange. Could they have made this slander passable. --Collier. 3. Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. --Dryden.

Passable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Passable?

[adj] neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"
[adj] able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable"
[adj] about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"

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Passable In Webster's Dictionary

\Pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. passable.]
1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed,
   penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable;
   the stream is passablein boats.

         His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it
         is a throughfare for steel.           --Shak.

2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated;
   acceptable; generally receivable; current.

         With men as with false money -- one piece is more or
         less passable than another.           --L'Estrange.

         Could they have made this slander passable.
                                               --Collier.

3. Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection;
   tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.

         My version will appear a passable beauty when the
         original muse is absent.              --Dryden.

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