Definitions for so-so
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
so′-so`(adj.)
or so′ so`
neither very good nor very bad; indifferent or mediocre.
(adv.)in a passable manner; tolerably.
Origin of so-so:
1520–30
Princeton's WordNet
indifferent, so-so(p)(adverb)
being neither good nor bad
"an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"
acceptably, tolerably, so-so(adverb)
in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
"she plays tennis tolerably"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
so-so(adjective)ˈoʊsˈoʊ
not very good; = average
"How do you feel today? "So-so. I'm still a little tired."
Wiktionary
so-so(Adverb)
Neither very well nor very poorly.
He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.
so-so(Adjective)
Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.
Webster Dictionary
So-so(adj)
neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent
So-so(adverb)
tolerably; passably
Translations for so-so
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- so-soAfrikaans

- بَيْنَ بَيْنArabic

- горе-долуBulgarian

- meia bocaPortuguese (BR)

- tak takCzech

- so lalaGerman

- så som såDanish

- έτσι κι έτσιGreek

- así así, regular, de aquella maneraSpanish

- pole viga, on ja ei ole (kah)Estonian

- kohtalainenFinnish

- comme ci, commeçaFrench

- כָּכָה כָּכָהHebrew

- ना ज्यादा अच्छा ना ज्यादा खराबHindi

- tako takoCroatian

- nem valami jó(l)Hungarian

- sedang-sedang sajaIndonesian

- sæmilegur, svona og svonaIcelandic

- così cosìItalian

- まあまあのJapanese

- 그저 그렇게Korean

- šiaip sauLithuanian

- viduvējs; tā pa vidam; ne šis, ne tasLatvian

- boleh tahanMalay

- zo-zoDutch

- sånn passe, så som såNorwegian

- taki sobiePolish

- نه بد نه خوبPersian

- نه بد نه هم ښهPashto

- assim assimPortuguese

- aşa şi-aşaRomanian

- так себеRussian

- tak-takSlovak

- tako takoSlovenian

- tako takoSerbian

- sådär, någorlundaSwedish

- งั้น ๆThai

- şöyle böyleTurkish

- 馬馬虎虎Chinese (Trad.)

- поганенький, такий собіUkrainian

- معمولیUrdu

- tàm tạmVietnamese

- 一般的,马马虎虎Chinese (Simp.)

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