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passably

[pas-uh-blee, pah-suh-] / ˈpæs ə bli, ˈpɑ sə- /






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It doesn’t solve everything, but mutual assured destruction worked passably well for 70 years to hold off nuclear Armageddon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Kelly has done an even starker about-face on one of her favorite topics these days: trans issues, on which she used to be passably sympathetic.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

You don’t even need to take lessons to play it passably.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024

For about three quarters of the year, I make do with merely passably flavorful frozen berries that I deploy to chuck into smoothies and brighten up my oatmeal.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2023

When I looked passably human again, I took some aspirins.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler




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