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   passable

   /ˈpɑːsəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory: "he spoke passable English" Similar adequateall rightfairly goodacceptablesufficiently goodsufficientsatisfactorymoderately goodnot (too) badaveragetolerablefairdecentrespectablepresentableadmissibleallowablemediocremiddlingordinaryrun-of-the-millworkadayindifferentunremarkableundistinguishedunexceptionalinformal:OKso-sofair-to-middlingnothing to write home aboutno great shakesnot up to muchnot much copbog-standardvanillaplain vanillahalf-pieOpposite unacceptableexcellent
   • 2. (of a route or road) clear of obstacles and able to be travelled on: "the road was passable with care" Similar navigabletraversablenegotiablecrossableable to be travelled on/alongunblockedunobstructedopenclearusableOpposite impassable

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from passer ‘to pass’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. passableness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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