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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PASSABLE

a.That may be passed, traveled or navigated. The roads are not passable. The stream is passable in boats. 1. That may be penetrated; as a substance passable by a fluid.
2. Current; receivable; that may be or is transferred from hand to hand; as bills passable in lieu of coin. False coin is not passable.
3. Popular; well received.
4. Supportable. [This should be passible. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PASSABLE

Pass "a *ble, a. Etym: [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.

 

PASSABLENESS

PASSABLENESS Pass "a *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being passable.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

passable

pass a ble |ˈpasəbəl ˈpæsəbəl | adjective 1 just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory: he spoke passable English. 2 (of a route or road ) clear of obstacles and able to be traveled along or on: the road was passable with care. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from passer to pass.

 

Oxford Dictionary

passable

pass |able |ˈpɑːsəb (ə )l | adjective 1 just good enough to be acceptable; satisfactory: he spoke passable English. 2 (of a route or road ) clear of obstacles and able to be travelled on: the road was passable with care. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from passer to pass .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

passable

passable adjective 1 the beer was passable: adequate, all right, fairly good, acceptable, satisfactory, moderately good, not (too ) bad, average, tolerable, fair; mediocre, middling, ordinary, indifferent, unremarkable, unexceptional; informal OK, so-so, 'comme ci, comme ça', nothing to write home about. 2 the road is still passable: navigable, traversable, negotiable, unblocked, unobstructed, open, clear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

passable

passable adjective 1 the beer was passable: adequate, all right, fairly good, acceptable, sufficiently good, sufficient, satisfactory, moderately good, not (too ) bad, average, tolerable, fair, decent, respectable, presentable, admissible, allowable; mediocre, middling, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, workaday, indifferent, unremarkable, undistinguished, unexceptional; informal OK, so-so, fair-to-middling, nothing to write home about, no great shakes, not up to much, not much cop, bog-standard, vanilla, plain vanilla; NZ informal half-pie. ANTONYMS unacceptable; excellent. 2 the road is still passable: navigable, traversable, negotiable, crossable, able to be travelled on /along, unblocked, unobstructed, open, clear, usable. ANTONYMS impassable.

 

French Dictionary

passable

passable adj. adjectif Ni bon ni mauvais, mais néanmoins satisfaisant. : Une note passable. SYNONYME acceptable ; correct ; honnête ; moyen .

 

passablement

passablement adv. adverbe 1 D ’une manière passable. : Il a réussi passablement. 2 Assez. : Elle a passablement travaillé. SYNONYME beaucoup .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

passable

pass a ble /pǽsəb (ə )l |pɑ́ːs -/形容詞 1 通例 名詞 の前で 〗(よくはないが )まずまずの, かろうじて (adequate, fair ).2 〖通例be 道路 川が 〉 (どうにか )通れる [渡れる ].p ss a bly 副詞 まずまず .