\Pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. passable.]
1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed,
   penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable;
   the stream is passablein boats.
         His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it
         is a throughfare for steel.           --Shak.
2. Capable of being freely circulated or disseminated;
   acceptable; generally receivable; current.
         With men as with false money -- one piece is more or
         less passable than another.           --L'Estrange.
         Could they have made this slander passable.
                                               --Collier.
3. Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection;
   tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.
         My version will appear a passable beauty when the
         original muse is absent.              --Dryden.