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English
Etymology
From passable + -ly.
Adverb
passably (comparative more passably, superlative most passably)
- In a passable fashion; moderately; adequately.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 14:The night air was passably cool and he strolled through the town at a measured pace, killing time till bedtime.