passableness

Variant of passable

passable definition

pass·able (pas′ ə bəl)

adjective

  1. that can be passed, traveled over, or crossed
  2. that can be circulated; genuine, as coin
  3. barely satisfactory for the purpose; adequate; fair
  4. that can be enacted, as a proposed law

Etymology: ME < MFr < passer, pass

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