Definition of so_so
1. so-so [ a ] neither good nor bad
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"
(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 '' .
Synonyms so-so passable tolerable indifferent Related Terms ordinary2. so-so [ a ] neither good nor bad
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"
3. so-so [ r ] in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
Examples:
"she plays tennis tolerably"
Similar Spelling
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Sosa
Sook
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Sousa
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Sox
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