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  • 11passably — pass·ably …

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  • 12passably — See: passable …

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  • 13passably — /ˈpasəbli/ (say pahsuhblee) adverb fairly; moderately …

  • 14passably — adverb 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 • Syn: ↑reasonably, ↑ …

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  • 15Ecclesiastical Seminary —     Ecclesiastical Seminary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Seminary     I. TERMINOLOGY     The word seminary (Fr. séminaire, Ger. Seminar) is sometimes used, especially in Germany, to designate a group of university students devoted …

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  • 16adequately — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Enough] Syn. sufficiently, enough, appropriately, suitably, fittingly, satisfactorily, amply, abundantly, copiously, capably, competently; see also well 2 , 3 . Ant. inadequately*, badly, insufficiently. 2. [Passably]… …

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  • 17Smallness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Smallness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 smallness smallness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 littleness littleness &c.(small size) 193 Sgm: N 1 tenuity tenuity Sgm: N 1 paucity paucity Sgm: N 1 fewness f …

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  • 18passable — [[t]pɑ͟ːsəb(ə)l, pæ̱s [/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If something is a passable effort or of passable quality, it is satisfactory or quite good. Stan puffed out his thin cheeks in a passable imitation of his dad... Ms Campbell speaks passable… …

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  • 19tolerably — ad. 1. Supportably. 2. Passably, moderately, indifferently, so so, passably well, tolerably well, pretty well …

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  • 20passable — adjective 1 just good enough to be acceptable, but not very good: a passable piece of work 2 a road or river that is passable is not blocked, so you can travel along or across it: The mountain path is not passable in winter. passably adverb:… …

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