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so-so

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  1. 1. a. Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent. Source: opted
  2. 2. adv. Tolerably; passably. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. being neither good nor bad Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adv. in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 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. Source: adambom
  7. 7. r:100 s being neither good nor bad r in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner Source: ecdict

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