close enough

Adjective

Meaning

close enough (not comparable)

Synonym of good enough: acceptable, imperfect but adequate for the purpose.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough. Robert Capa

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin

Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough. Chuck Palahniuk

Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life. Friedrich Nietzsche

I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get in close enough. Nick Hornby

Close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

close down close down a process close encounter close enough for government work close entourage close environment