Synonyms for passably
pass·ab·ly

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1. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   jolly, fair, middling, evenhandedly, fairly, clean, more or less, slightly, moderately, reasonably, pretty, sanely, somewhat, sensibly

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How to use passably in a sentence?

1. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry:

   There's an incredible amount of issues that you have to be more than passably knowledgeable about.

2. Anthony Burgess:

   Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.