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passable
(encz) | passable,sjízdný adj: Pavel Machek; Giza |
Passable
(gcide) | Passable \Pass"a*ble\, a. [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.
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His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it
is a throughfare for steel. --Shak.
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2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated;
acceptable; generally receivable; current.
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With men as with false money -- one piece is more or
less passable than another. --L'Estrange.
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Could they have made this slander passable.
--Collier.
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3. Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious
objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable;
moderate; mediocre.
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My version will appear a passable beauty when the
original muse is absent. --Dryden.
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passable
(wn) | passable
adj 1: able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is
passable" [ant: impassable, unpassable]
2: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a
secretary" [syn: adequate, passable, fair to middling,
tolerable] |
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impassable
(encz) | impassable,neschůdný adj: Zdeněk Brožimpassable,nesjízdný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unpassable
(encz) | unpassable, adj: |
unsurpassable
(encz) | unsurpassable,nepřekonatelný adj: PetrV |
Compassable
(gcide) | Compassable \Com"pass*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being compassed or accomplished. --Burke.
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Impassable
(gcide) | Impassable \Im*pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. Unpassable.]
Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an
impassable road, mountain, or gulf. --Milton. --
Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv.
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Impassableness
(gcide) | Impassable \Im*pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. Unpassable.]
Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an
impassable road, mountain, or gulf. --Milton. --
Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv.
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Passable
(gcide) | Passable \Pass"a*ble\, a. [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.
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His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it
is a throughfare for steel. --Shak.
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2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated;
acceptable; generally receivable; current.
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With men as with false money -- one piece is more or
less passable than another. --L'Estrange.
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Could they have made this slander passable.
--Collier.
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3. Such as may be accepted or allowed to pass without serious
objection; adequate; acceptable; tolerable; admissable;
moderate; mediocre.
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My version will appear a passable beauty when the
original muse is absent. --Dryden.
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Passableness
(gcide) | Passableness \Pass"a*ble*ness\, n.
The quality of being passable.
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Surpassable
(gcide) | Surpassable \Sur*pass"a*ble\, a.
That may be surpassed.
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Transpassable
(gcide) | Transpassable \Trans*pass"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]
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Unpassable
(gcide) | Unpassable \Un*pass"a*ble\, a.
Impassable. --E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n.
--Evelyn.
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Unpassableness
(gcide) | Unpassable \Un*pass"a*ble\, a.
Impassable. --E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n.
--Evelyn.
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Unsurpassable
(gcide) | Unsurpassable \Unsurpassable\
See surpassable. |
Untranspassable
(gcide) | Untranspassable \Untranspassable\
See transpassable. |
impassable
(wn) | impassable
adj 1: incapable of being passed [syn: impassable,
unpassable] [ant: passable] |
unpassable
(wn) | unpassable
adj 1: incapable of being passed [syn: impassable,
unpassable] [ant: passable] |
unsurpassable
(wn) | unsurpassable
adj 1: not to be exceeded; "unsurpassable skill"; "unsurpassable
standards of workmanship" |
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