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US
/ˈpæsəbɫi/
]
[ UK /pˈɑːsəbli/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːsəbli/ ]
ADVERB
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to certain extent or degree
pretty big
the shoes are priced reasonably
jolly decent of him
he is fairly clever with computers
pretty bad
How To Use passably In A Sentence
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- This despite the fact that he has been nothing but unsurpassably eloquent and consistent in his views and his opposition to the White House.
- Pollution combined with sound gives one an unsurpassably compressed expression for ‘noise pollution.’
- However even a passably careful reading of the thing reveals that it fails to provide significant evidence that Clark supported the war.
- The kitchen made a passably good job of smoked haddock eggs Benedict.
- I didn't want to go to the ball at all, but as Mother insisted I did attend, I would at least look passably pretty.
- You’ll see the full array of Predator weaponry used to passably good effect, and for those who’ve played the wonderful and deeply underappreciated Aliens vs Predator 2 game, you’ll likely be wanting to dig up a copy and reimmerse yourself in that classic title. Aliens vs Predator Requiem
- Funnel plot was symmetrical in general, and it prompted that publication bias for the literatures was controlled passably.
- In that regard, the Christmas drives do passably well for the month of December and, if the people and organizations marshal their resources well, into January.
- If they can't, it's usually fairly easy to teach them to do so passably.