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French
Pronunciation
Adverb
pas mal
- (litotes) not badly (reasonably well)
- Synonym: (Quebec) pas pire
Adjective
pas mal (invariable)
- (litotes) not bad (reasonably good)
- une fille pas mal ― a fairly pretty girl
Descendants
Pronoun
pas mal
- (idiomatic, informal) quite a bit, quite a few (a decent amount)
- Revue française d'odonto-stomatologie, Volume 17:
Cependant, nous apprenons qu’il fumait approximativement vingt cigarettes par jour et consommait pas mal d’alcool sous forme de whisky.- However, we learn that he smoked about 20 cigarettes per day and drank quite a bit of alcohol in the form of whisky.