What's the difference between passably and reasonably?

Passably


Definition:

  • (adv.) Tolerably; moderately.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results were compared with perceptual judgments of "passability" under static and moving viewing conditions.
  • (2) After computing admission rates by district per 1000 population, these were plotted against distance from the hospital by the only passable roads.
  • (3) In 40.9% the therapeutic results are satisfactory with normalization of blood pressure, whereas in 27.1%, are only passable.
  • (4) Of 28 renal units 25 (89%) were rendered free of stones or had passable calculi of less than 3 mm.
  • (5) Out of the root canals which were apically not passable and coronally closed the first traces of the instilled 5% hydrogen peroxide appeared after 14 min 45 sec on the root surface.
  • (6) Failures were due to upward dislodgement of the stone in 5 cases, to grasp or disintegrate the stone in 2, perforation of the ureter in 2, bleeding from the ureteral wall in 2 cases, to reintroduce guidewire in the ureter and to non-passable stricture below the stone in 1 case each.
  • (7) Out of the patients who underwent EPCN before SWL 13% were stone free and without drainage at discharge, 77% had passable stone fragments at discharge and drainage has been taken out at 15-30 days check up, 10% had unbroken stone and underwent with drainage to ureterolithotripsy.
  • (8) Even presented with a more than passable opportunity to snatch a point at the death, when Daniel Sturridge played a pass over the Southampton defence to allow Raheem Sterling to run clear on goal, the substitute came up with a wretched first touch to practically pass the ball to Artur Boruc.
  • (9) Photograph: PR company handout Creatively, it’s all a bit uninspiring, but there are passable moments.
  • (10) At the second hearing, the stern judge who had been doing a passable impression of Anne Robinson for much of the hearing appeared visibly troubled by Harris's emotional plea to be set free.She told the translator to tell Harris to "be calm", and asked if she would like a break in proceedings to compose herself.
  • (11) The cumulative analysis within 10 years after operations have shown 27% of endarectomized arteries to remain passable.
  • (12) With this form of pathology 68% of arteries are found to be passable within 10 postoperative years.
  • (13) In addition, the CSA was filtratable (0.45 mu), dialyzable, and passable through an Amicon PM10 filter, which indicated a molecular weight less than 10,000.
  • (14) Seventy percent of the patients with renal stones and 95% of those with ureteral stones were stone-free over the one-month follow-up, while about 15% had small and asymptomatic fragments believed to be passable spontaneously.
  • (15) At more increasing mean temperature rises 0.49 degrees C and 0.58 degrees C, increasing pyrogenic and decreasing 'passable' qualifications were obtained.
  • (16) The Howards method of anastomosis was used with prolene thread under fourfold magnification along with a spermiogram and a test of passability of the sperm duct.
  • (17) We have five special engineering trains out checking that lines are passable, and in the Highlands we have a helicopter out inspecting lines.
  • (18) The relatively well documented transcellular route is passable for compounds with a low molecular mass (up to about 2000 Da) and sufficient lipid as well as water solubility.
  • (19) Being a good dad and being a passable, decent husband is something that weighs on me."
  • (20) France has long claimed Rwanda as part of its francophone fold even though there is only one language common to all citizens of the tiny central African nation — the indigenous Kinyarwanda — and only a minority of the population speak passable French.

Reasonably


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a reasonable manner.
  • (adv.) Moderately; tolerably.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For this reason, these observations should not be disregarded.
  • (2) Not only do they give employers no reason to turn them into proper jobs, but mini-jobs offer workers little incentive to work more because then they would have to pay tax.
  • (3) The results of our microscopic model confirm that the continuum hypothesis used in our previous macroscopic model is reasonable.
  • (4) The use of glucagon in double-contrast studies of the colon has been recommended for various reasons, one of which is to facilitate reflux of barium into the terminal ileum.
  • (5) The reason for the rise in Android's market share on both sides of the Atlantic is the increased number of devices that use the software.
  • (6) Reasonably good agreement is seen between theoretical apparent rate-vesicle concentration relationships and those measured experimentally.
  • (7) Splenectomy had been performed for traumatic, hematologic or immunologic reasons.
  • (8) The most common reasons cited for relapse included craving, social situations, stress, and nervousness.
  • (9) "We do not yet live in a society where the police or any other officers of the law are entitled to detain people without reasonable justification and demand their papers," Gardiner wrote.
  • (10) Even if it were not the case that police use a variety of tricks to keep recorded crime figures low, this data would still represent an almost meaningless measure of the extent of crime in society, for the simple reason that a huge proportion of crimes (of almost all sorts) have always gone unreported.
  • (11) The mechanism by which gp55 causes increased erythroblastosis and ultimately leukaemia is unknown, but a reasonable suggestion is that gp55 can mimic the action of erythropoietin by binding to its receptor (Epo-R), thereby triggering prolonged proliferation of erythroid cells.
  • (12) Both Types I and II collagen are important constituents of the affected tissues, and thus defective collagens are reasonable candidates for the primary abnormality in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
  • (13) Reasons for non-acceptance do not indicate any major difficulties in the employment of such staff in general practice, at least as far as the patients are concerned.
  • (14) For that reason we determine basal serum pepsinogen I (PG I) levels in 25 ulcerous patients and 75% of their offspring and to a control group matched by age and sex.
  • (15) October 23, 2013 3.55pm BST Another reason to be concerned about the global economy - Canada's central bank has slashed its economic forecasts for the US.
  • (16) A series of 241 patients with subphrenic abscess was analysed to seek reasons for the continuing mortality.
  • (17) Still, cynics might say they can identify at least one reason it all might fail: namely form.
  • (18) Child age was negatively correlated with mother's use of commands, reasoning, threats, and bribes, and positively correlated with maternal nondirectives, servings, and child compliance.
  • (19) The reason I liked them was because they were a band, and my dad had a band.
  • (20) "Speed is not the main reason for building the new railway.

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