Passable
adjective
Good enough, but not excellent.
The hotel we stayed in was passable, but not as good as we expected.
Often appears as...
- passable diner
- passable accommodation
adjective
Possible to travel across or on.
After the landslide, the road was barely passable.
Often appears as...
- passable road
- passable route
adjective
Good enough, but not excellent.
The hotel we stayed in was passable, but not as good as we expected.
Often appears as...
- passable diner
- passable accommodation
adjective
Possible to travel across or on.
After the landslide, the road was barely passable.
Often appears as...
- passable road
- passable route
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Minimum Standard
Use 'passable' to express something meets basic requirements but doesn't impress.
His French is passable for basic conversation.
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation Gap
'Passable' often implies that something could be better, without being bad.
The meal was passable, though I had hoped for something tastier.
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Approval
Use 'passable' when you want to gently praise without overcommitting.
She gave a passable performance, considering her limited rehearsal time.
Pro Tip 1/3Minimum Standard
Use 'passable' to express something meets basic requirements but doesn't impress.
His French is passable for basic conversation.
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation Gap
'Passable' often implies that something could be better, without being bad.
The meal was passable, though I had hoped for something tastier.
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Approval
Use 'passable' when you want to gently praise without overcommitting.
She gave a passable performance, considering her limited rehearsal time.
Pro Tip 1/3Minimum Standard
Use 'passable' to express something meets basic requirements but doesn't impress.
His French is passable for basic conversation.
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation Gap
'Passable' often implies that something could be better, without being bad.
The meal was passable, though I had hoped for something tastier.
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Approval
Use 'passable' when you want to gently praise without overcommitting.
She gave a passable performance, considering her limited rehearsal time.
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lazy where we going roads can disappear overnight so we send an advanced party on horseback to scout for passable terrain
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The Missing Tomb PIPE...
lazy where we going roads can disappear overnight so we send an advanced party on horseback to scout for passable terrain
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Quote examples
Arthur Quiller-Couch
English Writer
Will you tell me, 'Oh, painting is a special art, whereas anyone can write prose passably well'? Can he, indeed? ... Can you, sir? Nay, believe me, you are either an archangel or a very bourgeois gentleman indeed if you admit to having spoken English prose all your life without knowing it.
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Rain Dove
American Model
I ended up in Colorado working in wilderness fire prevention. My job was to run around with a chainsaw and cut down trees during a blaze. It was really fun. When I first got out there, that's when I realized how passable of a male I could be.
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Andreja Pejic
Australian Model
My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.
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Anohni
English Musician
I was never going to become a beautiful, passable woman, and I was never going to be a man. It's a quandary. But the trans condition is a beautiful mystery; it's one of nature's best ideas.
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Gary Moore
Irish Musician
Obviously I don't play the same way as Peter, but I could do a passable imitation of Peter Green; if you gave me a guitar I could sit here and probably get closer than anybody else.
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Andrew Breitbart
American Businessman
The center-right alternative media has been playing a passable prevent defense, constantly saying 'That's not right' for consistently biased reporting.
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Katherine Ryan
Canadian Comedian
I'm a flirt by nature, and I like flirting with that line of what's passable and what's not, and I genuinely don't believe that I cross it.
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Anthony Burgess
English Novelist
Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.
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Judy Sheindlin
American Lawyer
I was an unremarkable student with passable looks and a direct personality.
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Suzi Quatro
American Musician
Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.
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Arthur Quiller-Couch
English Writer
Will you tell me, 'Oh, painting is a special art, whereas anyone can write prose passably well'? Can he, indeed? ... Can you, sir? Nay, believe me, you are either an archangel or a very bourgeois gentleman indeed if you admit to having spoken English prose all your life without knowing it.
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Rain Dove
American Model
I ended up in Colorado working in wilderness fire prevention. My job was to run around with a chainsaw and cut down trees during a blaze. It was really fun. When I first got out there, that's when I realized how passable of a male I could be.
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Andreja Pejic
Australian Model
My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.
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Anohni
English Musician
I was never going to become a beautiful, passable woman, and I was never going to be a man. It's a quandary. But the trans condition is a beautiful mystery; it's one of nature's best ideas.
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Gary Moore
Irish Musician
Obviously I don't play the same way as Peter, but I could do a passable imitation of Peter Green; if you gave me a guitar I could sit here and probably get closer than anybody else.
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Andrew Breitbart
American Businessman
The center-right alternative media has been playing a passable prevent defense, constantly saying 'That's not right' for consistently biased reporting.
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Katherine Ryan
Canadian Comedian
I'm a flirt by nature, and I like flirting with that line of what's passable and what's not, and I genuinely don't believe that I cross it.
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Anthony Burgess
English Novelist
Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.
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Judy Sheindlin
American Lawyer
I was an unremarkable student with passable looks and a direct personality.
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Suzi Quatro
American Musician
Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.
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