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so-so

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so-so (ss)
adj.
Neither very good nor very bad; passable: a so-so performance; feeling so-so.
adv.
Neither very well nor very poorly; passably: I swam so-so, but better than yesterday.

so-so Informal
Adjective
neither good nor bad
Adverb
in an average or indifferent way
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Adj.1.so-so - being 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"
ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
Adv.1.so-soso-so - in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner; "she plays tennis tolerably"

so-so (Informal)
adjective average, middling, fair, ordinary, moderate, adequate, respectable, indifferent, not bad (informal) tolerable, run-of-the-mill, passable, undistinguished, fair to middling (informal) O.K. or okay (informal)
Translations

so-so [ˈsəusəu] advregular, así así
so-so [ˈsəusəu] advcomme ci comme ça
so-so [ˈsəusəu] adv, adjso lala
so-so [ˈsəusəu] advcosì così

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"Just so-so," replied Tip, modestly; for he began to see certain defects in the construction of his man.
Why, the country's just sproutin' with jobs for any so-so sort of a fellow.
"Successful in copper," said Newman, "only so-so in railroads, and a hopeless fizzle in oil.
 
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