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Webster 1913 Edition
So-so
So′-soˊ
,Adj.
[
So
+ so
.] Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.
In some Irish houses, where things are
One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show.
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.
So′-soˊ
,adv.
Tolerably; passably.
H. James.
Definition 2025
so-so
so-so
English
Adjective
so-so (not comparable)
- Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
- The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.
- Goldsmith
- In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, / One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show.
- Prof. Wilson
- He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.
Synonyms
Translations
neither good nor bad
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Adverb
so-so (not comparable)
- Neither very well nor very poorly.
- He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.
Synonyms
- (neither well nor poorly): blandly, indifferently, insipidly, moderately, passably
Translations
neither well nor poorly
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