passably

[ pas-uh-blee, pah-suh- ]

/ ˈpæs ə bli, ˈpɑ sə- /

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adverb

fairly; moderately: a passably good novel.

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Origin of passably

First recorded in 1600–10; passable + -ly

Words nearby passably

pasqueflower, pasquil, pasquinade, pass, passable, passably, passacaglia, passade, passado, passage, passage grave

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How to use passably in a sentence

Also, it won’t hurt Goodyear’s sales of those tires if they look passably like the race tires, which wasn’t possible with the 15-inch tires.
Everything new on the Nascar vehicles racing in Daytona this weekend|Dan Carney|February 18, 2022|Popular-Science
The horseman, aka Abraham, is actually passably cute, with a rocking bod and apparently steady source of income.
Naked Ben Franklin Christens the Campy Return of ‘Sleepy Hollow’|Amy Zimmerman|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They both say that you are looking well, and I suppose I may conclude from that that you are feeling passably.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Aunt: “Camp generally becomes passably comfortable just as one nears the end of the trip.”
Polly the Pagan|Isabel Anderson

She was one of the servants of the inn, and, like most of her class, she was very inquisitive and passably wanton.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII)|Charles Paul de Kock
Jon saw the fixed object; it had dark eyes and passably dark hair, and changed its position, but never its shape.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III.|John Galsworthy
It will take England a great while to get over her airs of patronage toward us, or even passably to conceal them.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index|Various

British Dictionary definitions for passably

passably

/ (ˈpɑːsəblɪ) /

adverb

fairly; somewhat

acceptably; well enoughshe sings passably

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