1. In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
   - tolerably, so-so

See also: acceptable

Antonym: unacceptably

• by hook or by crook
• by inches
• by Jove
• by luck
• by machine
• by memory
• by nature
• by no means
• by right of office
• by rights
• by small degrees
• by the book
• by the bye
• by the day
• by the piece
• by the skin of your teeth
• by the way
• by trial and error
• by word of mouth
• by-and-by
• by-bid
• by-blow
• by-election
• by-line
• Byblos