so-so
adjectifadverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˈsəʊˌsəʊ//
Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
adjectif
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familierNeither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.
[I]n ſome Iriſh Houſes, vvhere things are ſo-ſo, / One Gammon of Bacon hangs up for a ſhow; […]
He [Robert Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.
Étymologie
From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).
adverbe
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familierNeither 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.
so-so · Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
soak · To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.soaked · Drenched with water, or other liquid.soaking · Immersion in water; a drenching or dunking.