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Princeton's WordNet

  1. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb

    to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

    "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"

Wiktionary

  1. passablyadverb

    In a passable fashion, moderately; adequately.

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  1. passably

    Passably is an adverb that is used to describe something that is moderately or adequately satisfactory, tolerable, or acceptable, though not especially good or remarkable. It suggests a level of quality that is just enough to meet a specific standard or requirement.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Passablyadverb

    tolerably; moderately

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of passably in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of passably in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of passably in a Sentence

  1. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry:

    There's an incredible amount of issues that you have to be more than passably knowledgeable about.

  2. Anthony Burgess:

    Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.

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