so-so

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adjective

being neither good nor bad (Freq. 3)

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an indifferent performance

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a gifted painter but an indifferent actor

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her work at the office is passable

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a so-so golfer

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feeling only so-so

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prepared a tolerable dinner

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a tolerable working knowledge of French

• Syn: ↑indifferent

• Similar to: ↑ordinary

II

adverb

in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner

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she plays tennis tolerably

• Syn: ↑acceptably, ↑tolerably

• Ant: ↑intolerably (for: ↑tolerably), ↑unacceptably (for: ↑acceptably)

• Derived from adjective: ↑tolerable (for: ↑tolerably), ↑acceptable (for: ↑acceptably)