passable

pass·a·ble (p

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adj.

1. That can be passed, traversed, or crossed; navigable: a passable road.

2. Acceptable for general circulation: passable currency.

3. Satisfactory but not outstanding; adequate: The actors gave passable performances but the singers seemed unrehearsed.

4. That can be legislated: a passable bill.

passa·ble·ness n.

passa·bly adv.

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Adj.	1.	passable - able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable" impassable, unpassable - incapable of being passed
	2.	passable - about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" fair to middling, tolerable, adequate satisfactory - giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"

passable

adjective

1. adequate, middling, average, fair, all right, ordinary, acceptable, moderate, fair enough, mediocre, so-so (informal), tolerable, not too bad, allowable, presentable, admissible, unexceptional, half-pie (N.Z. informal) The meal was passable, but nothing special.
adequate extraordinary, outstanding, superb, first-class, marvellous, exceptional, tops (slang), inadequate, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, inadmissible, A1 or A-one (informal)

2. clear, open, navigable, unobstructed, traversable, crossable muddy mountain roads that are barely passable
clear closed, blocked, obstructed, sealed off, impassable, unnavigable

Translations

passable [ˈpɑːsəbl] ADJ

1. (= tolerable) → pasable

2. [road] → transitable

passable [ˈpɑːsəb^əl] adj

[road] → praticable

(= quite good) → correct(e)
His work's passable, but → Son travail est correct, mais ...
She speaks passable French → Elle parle un français correct.
very passable (= perfectly good) → tout à fait correct(e)
to give a passable imitation of sb → assez bien imiter qn
He gave a passable imitation of his dad → Il a assez bien imité son père.

passable

adj

→ passierbar; road etc → befahrbar, passierbar

(= tolerable) → leidlich, passabel

passable [ˈpɑːsəbl] adj

a. (tolerable) → passabile; (work) → accettabile

b. (road) → transitabile, praticabile; (river) → attraversabile

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And yet, where there is no eminent odds in sufficiency, it is better to take with the more passable, than with the more able.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

Our way now lay through a region scarce passable, and full of serpents, which were continually creeping between our legs; we might have avoided them in the day, but being obliged, that we might avoid the excessive heats, to take long marches in the night, we were every moment treading upon them.

A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context

With this added incentive I nearly drove Sola distracted by my importunities to hasten on my education and within a few more days I had mastered the Martian tongue sufficiently well to enable me to carry on a passable conversation and to fully understand practically all that I heard.

A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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