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commendable

Pronunciation:  ku'mendubul

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 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in an admirable manner; "the children's responses were admirably normal"
  2. [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"
 
 Synonyms: admirably, applaudable, laudable, laudably, praiseworthily, praiseworthy, worthy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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