Arthur Quiller-Couch

Will you tell me, 'Oh, painting is a special art, whereas anyone can write prose passably well'? Can he, indeed? ... Can you, sir? Nay, believe me, you are either an archangel or a very bourgeois gentleman indeed if you admit to having spoken English prose all your life without knowing it.

English Writer

Rain Dove

I ended up in Colorado working in wilderness fire prevention. My job was to run around with a chainsaw and cut down trees during a blaze. It was really fun. When I first got out there, that's when I realized how passable of a male I could be.

American Model

Andreja Pejic

My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.

Australian Model

Anohni

I was never going to become a beautiful, passable woman, and I was never going to be a man. It's a quandary. But the trans condition is a beautiful mystery; it's one of nature's best ideas.

English Musician

Gary Moore

Obviously I don't play the same way as Peter, but I could do a passable imitation of Peter Green; if you gave me a guitar I could sit here and probably get closer than anybody else.

Irish Musician

Andrew Breitbart

The center-right alternative media has been playing a passable prevent defense, constantly saying 'That's not right' for consistently biased reporting.

American Businessman

Katherine Ryan

I'm a flirt by nature, and I like flirting with that line of what's passable and what's not, and I genuinely don't believe that I cross it.

Canadian Comedian

Anthony Burgess

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.

English Novelist

Judy Sheindlin

I was an unremarkable student with passable looks and a direct personality.

American Lawyer

Suzi Quatro

Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.

American Musician

Use 'passable' to express something meets basic requirements but doesn't impress.

Minimum Standard

'Passable' often implies that something could be better, without being bad.

Expectation Gap

Use 'passable' when you want to gently praise without overcommitting.

Mild Approval

'Passable' describes a path or route that can be used, usually with some difficulty.

Accessibility

Used when a barrier has been overcome making the way usable again.

After Obstacles

Indicates that while traversable, the route is not in the best condition.

Relative Passage

 lazy where we going roads can disappear overnight so we send an advanced party on horseback to scout for passable terrain