PASSABLE

passable. Passable, a. that may be passed, tolerable

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Pass″a‐ble (?), a. [[Cf. F. passable.]] 1. 1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats.
His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. 2. 2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated; acceptable; generally receivable; current.
With men as with false money — one piece is more or less passable than another. L'Estrange. Could they have made this slander passable. Collier. 3. 3. Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.
My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. Dryden.