passable
adjective
pass·able
ˈpa-sə-bəl 
1
a
: capable of being passed, crossed, or traveled on
passable roads
b
: capable of being freely circulated
2
: good enough : adequate
Examples of passable in a Sentence
The main road is passable but most others are still covered with snow.
The river is passable during the summer months.
He did a passable job with the assignment.
She plays passable golf but prefers tennis.
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Fenway turns in what amounts to a location cameo in the heist comedy The Instigators, and that provided a passable good excuse for two Boston boys to get into the ballpark for free.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
The winds were picking up at the lighthouse, but Lakeshore Drive was still passable Tuesday morning.
—Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
Rams Rams’ offense will be passable only if Kyren Williams and company stay in running
Sept. 1, 2024
So together, as the Rams begin their season Sunday night in Detroit, everybody will be talking about their bright future yet quietly hoping to recapture a glorious chunk of their past.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
Undoubtedly, the GPTs of today are capable, and will become even more capable, of doing a pretty passable pastiche of the already said.
—Laurent Dubreuil, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
The winds were picking up at the lighthouse, but Lakeshore Drive was still passable Tuesday morning.
—Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
Rams Rams’ offense will be passable only if Kyren Williams and company stay in running
Sept. 1, 2024
So together, as the Rams begin their season Sunday night in Detroit, everybody will be talking about their bright future yet quietly hoping to recapture a glorious chunk of their past.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
Undoubtedly, the GPTs of today are capable, and will become even more capable, of doing a pretty passable pastiche of the already said.
—Laurent Dubreuil, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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passable
adjective
pass·able
ˈpas-ə-bəl
1
: capable of being passed, crossed, or traveled on
passable roads
2
: barely good enough : tolerable
a passable imitation
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