What is "passably"

Usage examples of "passably".

Experts agree this child can learn to read, to write legibly, to spell passably well, and to put his or her thoughts into clear, understandable spoken or written words.

I was silent an instant, thinking how to find words passably comprehensible and yet conventionally circumlocutory and euphemistic.

He considered himself only passably, and imperfectly, acquainted with the customs of these Valdemarans.

She had met Frederica already, and was agreeably surprised, I fancy, to discover that she is neither in the first blush of youth, nor a beauty, but a passably goodlooking young woman, with a great deal of commonsense, and a somewhat masterful disposition.

He turned it over and over, arguing against his hopes, but coming at last to the conclusion that if he could make his coat passably respectable - and the dust does seem to be getting it off, or at least disguising it, he said - he would call on Mr Florey at the hospital and talk to him, in a general way, about the naval surgeon's calling.

It's a safe bet that another century will see it as the second language of every passably educated person on Earth, and in another millennium it may well be the only living language.

Dorrin replies, as he redons the jacket, leaving the front unbuttoned, for the fire leaves the way station passably warm.

Allpeace, one of the rehabilitations worlds where men were rebuilt from human wreckage to live passably normal lives again.

Three spells later, two goblets of water, and more retunings than that, she had a passably decent recital—or court—gown, a dressing robe, and a nightgown.