passably

English

Etymology

From passable +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adverb

passably (comparative more passably, superlative most passably)

1. In a passable fashion; moderately; adequately.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 14:

     The night air was passably cool and he strolled through the town at a measured pace, killing time till bedtime.