About The Word Passable
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Passable
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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.
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