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passable adjective [ ˈpɑːsəb(ə)l ]

• just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory.
• "he spoke passable English"
Similar: adequate, all right, fairly good, acceptable, sufficiently good, sufficient, satisfactory, moderately good, not (too) bad, average, tolerable, fair, decent, respectable, presentable, admissible, allowable, mediocre, middling, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, workaday, indifferent, unremarkable, undistinguished, unexceptional, OK, so-so, fair-to-middling, nothing to write home about, no great shakes, not up to much, not much cop, bog-standard, vanilla, plain vanilla, half-pie,
Opposite: unacceptable, excellent,
• (of a route or road) clear of obstacles and able to be travelled on.
• "the road was passable with care"
Similar: navigable, traversable, negotiable, crossable, able to be travelled on/along, unblocked, unobstructed, open, clear, usable,
Opposite: impassable,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, from passer ‘to pass’.


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