Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




So-so   /sˈoʊsˈoʊ/   Listen
So-so

adjective
1.
Being neither good nor bad.  Synonym: indifferent.  "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"
adverb
1.
In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner.  Synonyms: acceptably, tolerably.  Antonyms: unacceptably, intolerably.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"So-so" Quotes from Famous Books



... The sermon was only so-so, but they enjoyed the singing; particularly their own. Both sang from one book, with much reserve, yet with such sweetly persuasive voices that those about them first listened and then added their own very best. The second tune ...
— John March, Southerner • George W. Cable

... "So-so," replied the scientist. "The stuff is all they said it was, but we haven't enough of it to build much of a power-plant. We can't go ahead with it, anyway, as long as Seaton and Crane have nearly ...
— The Skylark of Space • Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby

... was only so-so, but they enjoyed the singing; particularly their own. Both sang from one book, with much reserve, yet with such sweetly persuasive voices that those about them first listened and then added their own very best. The second tune was "Geer," and, with John's tenor going ...
— John March, Southerner • George W. Cable

... - I trust this finds you well; it leaves me so-so. The weather is so cold that I must stick to bed, which is rotten and ...
— The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 1 • Robert Louis Stevenson

... as they were alone, Monsieur Lheureux in sufficiently clear terms began to congratulate Emma on the inheritance, then to talk of indifferent matters, of the espaliers, of the harvest, and of his own health, which was always so-so, always having ups and downs. In fact, he had to work devilish hard, although he didn't make enough, in spite of all people said, to find butter ...
— Madame Bovary • Gustave Flaubert


More quotes...



Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org