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Definition of so_so

"so_so" is probably misspelled. Trying so-so instead 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"

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 '' .

Synonyms so-so passable tolerable indifferent Related Terms ordinary

2. 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"

Synonyms so-so passable tolerable indifferent Related Terms ordinary

3. so-so [ r ] in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
Examples: "she plays tennis tolerably"

Synonyms tolerably so-so acceptably Related Terms unacceptably unacceptably acceptable tolerable tolerable

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