not bad

not bad
adjective
very good
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he did a bully job

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a neat sports car

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had a great time at the party

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you look simply smashing

Syn:
bang-up, ↑bully, ↑corking, ↑cracking, ↑dandy, ↑great, ↑groovy, ↑keen, ↑neat, ↑nifty, ↑peachy, ↑slap-up, ↑swell, ↑smashing
Similar to: ↑good
Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism

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not bad
Fairly good
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Main Entry:bad

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fairly good, or better than you expected

‘How do you feel this morning?’ ‘Not bad, thanks.’

Those pictures aren’t bad for a beginner.

not too bad:

We thought it would be awful, but it wasn’t too bad.

Thesaurus: satisfactory and good enoughsynonym
Main entry: bad

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not (or not so) bad
informal fairly good

she discovered he wasn't so bad after all

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not bad
: fairly good or quite good

All things considered, she's not a bad singer. [=she's a pretty good singer]

“How are you?” “Not (too/so) bad, thanks. And you?”

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Main Entry:bad

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not ˈbad idiom
(informal) quite good; better than you expected

‘How are you?’ ‘Not too bad.’

That wasn't bad for a first attempt.

Main entry:badidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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