Meaning of COMMENDABLE
| Pronunciation: | | ku'mendubul
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- [adv] in an admirable manner; "the children's responses were admirably normal"
- [adj] worthy of high praise; "applaudable efforts to save the environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose"; "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence"
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| | Synonyms: | | admirably, applaudable, laudable, laudably, praiseworthily, praiseworthy, worthy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com*mend"a*ble\, a.
Note: (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L.
commendabilis.]
Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.
Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only
comely but commendable. --Bacon.
-- {Com*mend"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Com*mend"a*bly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | admirable, advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, beyond all praise, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, cogent, creditable, deserving, elegant, estimable, excellent, exemplary, expedient, fair, famous, favorable, fine, good, goodly, grand, healthy, helpful, kind, laudable, meritorious, model, nice, noble, pleasant, praiseworthy, profitable, regal, royal, skillful, sound, splendid, unexceptionable, useful, valid, very good, virtuous, well-deserving, worthy |
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