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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. worthy of high praise;
- Example: "applaudable efforts to save the environment"
- Example: "a commendable sense of purpose"
- Example: "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"
- Example: "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence"
[syn: applaudable, commendable, laudable, praiseworthy]


ADVERB (1)

1. in an admirable manner;
- Example: "the children's responses were admirably normal"
[syn: admirably, laudably, praiseworthily, commendable]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

commendable
    adv 1: in an admirable manner; "the children's responses were
           admirably normal" [syn: admirably, laudably,
           praiseworthily, commendable]
    adj 1: 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, commendable, laudable, praiseworthy]