Synonyms for passable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pas-uh-buhl, pah-suh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs ə bəl, ˈpɑ sə- |
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Définition of passable
Origin :- early 15c., "that may be crossed," from pass (v.) + -able, or from Old French passable "fordable, affording passage" (14c.). Sense of "tolerable" is first attested late 15c. Related: Passably.
- adj acceptable, admissible
- adj clear and able to be traveled
- The 3rd Brigade with camels would follow if the road was passable.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The gulf, he felt, was not passable with security nor credit.
- Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
- It seemed to her that most women would find him more than passable.
- Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
- There could never be any choice, of course—the mountains were passable only when the weather was hot.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- Even in the rainy season, the Argentine plains had always been passable.
- Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
- She is just out of a convent, and has no manners, really, but is passable as to looks.
- Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- Does the Sermon on the Mount seem to you a passable code of morals?
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) » by John Morley
- Save in very wet weather this road was passable for most vehicles.
- Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
- The Rhombus cardina, a passable fish of the pleuronect genus.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- He was a passable man, with a gentlemanly mustache and good pumps.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis
Antonyms for passable
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