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Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.

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  1. a. Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.
  2. adv. Tolerably; passably.
  3. adj. being neither good nor bad
  4. adv. in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
  5. Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent. In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show. Goldsmith. He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty. Prof. Wilson. Tolerably; passably. H. James.
  6. Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable;indifferent.In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of baconhangs up for a show. Goldsmith.He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.Prof. Wilson.
  7. r:100 s being neither good nor bad r in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner