Passable

Definition of Passable

Pass´a`ble

a.	1.	Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. - Shak.
	2.	Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current. With men as with false money - one piece is more or less passable than another. - L'Estrange. Could they have made this slander passable. - Collier.
	3.	Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. - Dryden.

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OK, accessible, admissible, agreeable, all right, allowable, alright, attainable, better than nothing, betwixt and between, decent, dull, fair to middling, fairish, good enough, goodish, indifferent, insipid, lackluster, medium, middling, moderate, modest, namby-pamby, navigable, negotiable, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, okay, open, presentable, pretty good, reachable, respectable, satisfactory, so so, so-so, sufficient, tedious, tenable, tidy, tolerable, traversable, unblocked, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unobjectionable, unobstructed, vapid, viable, wishy-washy, workmanlike

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