| 释义 |
passably, adv.|ˈpɑːsəblɪ, -æ-|
[f. passable a. + -ly2.]
Tolerably, sufficiently well to pass; fairly well, moderately.
a1610Healey Theophrastus To Rdr. (1636) I ij b, The French is elegant enough, passably copious, happie in composition. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xlix. 379 [She] is mighty pretty, and passably genteel. 1801M. Edgeworth Gd. French Governess Wks. 1832 III. 175 Miss Fanshaw had learned to speak French passably. 1874Mrs. H. Wood Mast. Greylands xxvii. 315 The night was passably bright. |