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estimable

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es·ti·ma·ble  (st-m-bl)
adj.
1. Possible to estimate: estimable assets; an estimable distance.
2. Deserving of esteem; admirable: an estimable young professor.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aestimbilis, from aestimre, to value.]
esti·ma·ble·ness n.
esti·ma·bly adv.
estimable
Adjective
worthy of respect
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.estimable - deserving of respect or high regard
worthy - having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause"
contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
2.estimable - deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name"
respectable, good, honorable
reputable - having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"
3.estimable - may be computed or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "computable odds"; "estimable assets"
computable
calculable - capable of being calculated or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "calculable odds"


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It takes two noble Earls and a Viscount, combined, to inform Nicodemus Boffin, Esquire, in an equally flattering manner, that an estimable lady in the West of England has offered to present a purse containing twenty pounds, to the Society for Granting Annuities to Unassuming Members of the Middle Classes, if twenty individuals will previously present purses of one hundred pounds each.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
March told how he had longed to surprise them, and how, when the fine weather came, he had been allowed by his doctor, to take advantage of it, how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
But disguised do I want to see YOU, ye neighbours and fellowmen, and well- attired and vain and estimable, as "the good and just;"--
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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