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[ adjective ] neither good nor bad
Synonyms Examples "an indifferent performance" "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor" "her work at the office is passable" "a so-so golfer" "feeling only so-so" "prepared a tolerable dinner" "a tolerable working knowledge of French" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)The '49 team was off to a so-so 5 - 5 beginning , then fell as low as 12 - 17 on May 23 before finishing with 96 victories . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)This clergyman should have referred to Shakespeare 's dictum : `` So-so is a good , very good , very excellent maxim . It is but so-so '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] neither good nor bad
Synonyms Examples "an indifferent performance" "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor" "her work at the office is passable" "a so-so golfer" "feeling only so-so" "prepared a tolerable dinner" "a tolerable working knowledge of French" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
Synonyms Examples "she plays tennis tolerably" Related terms |
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