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adj. judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"

adj. worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"

acceptable

adj. adequate for the purpose; "the water was acceptable for drinking"

acceptable

adj. worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"

satisfactory, acceptable

adj. meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

permissible

adj. that may be accepted or conceded; "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"

admissible

adj. deserving to be admitted; "admissible evidence"

allowable

adj. deserving to be allowed or considered

given, granted

adj. acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started"

adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable

adj. about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"

admissible

adj. deserving to be admitted; "admissible evidence"

allowable, permitted

adj. "a degree of freedom allowable among friends"

permissible, allowable

adj. that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"

comfortable

adj. sufficient to provide comfort; "a comfortable salary"

respectable

adj. characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; "a respectable woman"

sufficient

adj. of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"

average, fair, mediocre, middling

adj. lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"

decent, nice

adj. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"

yielding, obliging, complying

adj. (compliant)

legal

adj. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

presentable

adj. fit to be seen; "presentable clothes"

appropriate

adj. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate"

proper

adj. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

valid

adj. well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"

genuine, echt

adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

suited

adj. outfitted or supplied with clothing; "recruits suited in green"

adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable

adj. about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"

all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory

adj. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"

alright

adj. nonstandard usage

comforting, cheering, satisfying

adj. providing freedom from worry

copacetic, copasetic, copesetic, copesettic

adj. completely satisfactory; "his smile said that everything was copacetic"; "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic"- John O'Hara

passing(a)

adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

right

adj. in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right"

peachy, peachy-colored, peachy-coloured

adj. of something resembling a peach in color

good enough

adj. adequately good for the circumstances; "if it's good enough for you it's good enough for me"

goodish

adj. moderately good of its kind; "a goodish wine"

plus, positive

adj. involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"

redeeming(a)

adj. compensating for some fault or defect; "the redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity"; "his saving grace was his sense of humor"

suitable

adj. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

well-behaved, well behaved

adj. (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved child"

unacceptable

adj. not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom"

unsatisfactory

adj. not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"

inadmissible

adj. not deserving to be admitted; "inadmissible evidence"

unsatisfactory

adj. not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"

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