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English Dictionary: passable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for passable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passable adj able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable" Antonym(s): impassable, unpassable about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" Synonym(s): adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Passable \Pass"able\, a. [Cf. F. passable.] 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 allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. --Dryden.