Commendable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commendable \Com*mend"a*ble\, a.
  
     Note: (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L.
           commendabilis.]
     Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  commendable
       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" [syn: {applaudable}, {laudable}, {praiseworthy}]
       adv : in an admirable manner; "the children's responses were
             admirably normal" [syn: {admirably}, {laudably}, {praiseworthily}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "commendable":
     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