halfway decent
idiom
: fairly good
I'm willing to eat anywhere as long as the food is halfway decent.
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Gabby didn’t appear that much other than to organize what appears to be a halfway decent party after last year’s disaster.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2024
In short, the higher the chances of the sneak-out scenario, the lower the chances of a halfway decent settlement with Iran.
—Jacques E. C. Hymans, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2014
That could mean a halfway decent port of Grand Theft Auto VI could work on the console without the need for the weird streaming solutions or significant graphical downgrades that characterize some current Switch ports.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2023
Those days are over, and most halfway decent liquor stores carry at least one brand of cassis.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2023
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2024
In short, the higher the chances of the sneak-out scenario, the lower the chances of a halfway decent settlement with Iran.
—Jacques E. C. Hymans, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2014
That could mean a halfway decent port of Grand Theft Auto VI could work on the console without the need for the weird streaming solutions or significant graphical downgrades that characterize some current Switch ports.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2023
Those days are over, and most halfway decent liquor stores carry at least one brand of cassis.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2023
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