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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The closures, which must be done in advance of storms, also frees up county public works' resources to keep other roads open and passable, the county said.
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2024
After a passable 14-13 record in May, Colorado has a 5-15 record this month.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 21 June 2024
The closures, which must be done in advance of storms, also frees up county public works' resources to keep other roads open and passable, the county said.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2024
The Regime cruises for a few episodes as a passable facsimile of an Armando Iannucci series like The Thick of It or Veep, buzzing on a viper’s nest of palace intrigue and a keen sense of how autocracies convert populism and propaganda into piles of dirty money.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 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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