PASSABLE


Meaning of PASSABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɑ:səb(ə)l, pæs- ]

1.

If something is a passable effort or of passable quality, it is satisfactory or quite good.

Stan puffed out his thin cheeks in a passable imitation of his dad...

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• pass‧ably

She has always been quick to pick things up, doing passably well in school without really trying.

ADV : usu ADV adj / adv , also ADV after v

2.

If a road is passable , it is not completely blocked, and people can still use it.

The airport road is passable today for the first time in a week.

≠ impassable

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ

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