creditable

Adjective
US[kred-uh-tuh-buhl]/ˈkrɛdətəbəl/4 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. worthy of often limited commendation“the student's effort on the essay — though not outstanding — was creditable”Opposite unworthySimilar worthy
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cred′it·a·ble (-?-b'l), adjective

1. Worthy of belief. obsolete

Divers creditable witnesses deposed.— Edmund Ludlow

2. Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.

This gentleman was born of creditable parents.— Oliver Goldsmith

3. Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him. Thomas Babington Macaulay

He settled him in a good creditable way of living.— John Arbuthnot

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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