PASSABLY Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

passably

adverb

Definition of passably

as in fine

in a satisfactory way looking for a business partner who is experienced as well as passably responsible

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Recent Examples of passably That creates bloated models that do many things passably well but few things reliably well. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026

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Adverb

Concerning her daughter’s hiatus, her mother, Carla Guevara-Laforteza, reassured fans that Sophia is doing fine and finding ways to keep herself busy.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Drugstore shampoos work just fine, if not, better than some of their more expensive counterparts.

— Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of fine

Adverb

That’s tough to do against a good-hitting team, especially in a big part of their order, middle part of their order.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
That includes whether the 16 jobs are good-paying professional careers, hourly wage jobs, or something else.

— Olivia Young, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of good

Adverb

As for Apple, Amazon and Sony, all three companies have strong technology businesses in addition to theatrical and streaming content, which may align nicely with Imax's tech-heavy business.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
None of this would worry me if the systems failed loudly, but a model out of its depth returns fluent, confident and nicely formatted text that happens to be wrong.

— Faisal Saeed, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of nicely

Adverb

Matthew McConaughey hopes that Woody Harrelson has a more than alright, alright, alright 65th birthday.

— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
And in new data released this week from the Ronald Reagan Institute, there are very clear warnings that the kids aren’t alright with MAGA.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 1 July 2026

Definition of alright

Adverb

Some testers also noted that the Ultra excels as a camera viewfinder, while performing decently across gaming, productivity, and entertainment.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
The relentlessness of this worldwide bond market rout is unnerving, pushing yields to decently attractive levels.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of decently

Adverb

Fine text and small features were generally well resolved, while overhang performance held up respectably without excessive stringing.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 10 June 2026
Bromley had lost his ponytail and worked respectably for the Chicago archdiocese, teaching English and drama at Holy Trinity.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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