Category:Passable

Pass"a*ble, a. Etym: [cf. F. passable.]

1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, Penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream Is passablein boats. His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare For steel. Shak.

2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; Generally receivable; current. With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable Than another. L'estrange. Could they have made this slander passable. Collier.

3. Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; Tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre. My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is Absent. Dryden.