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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Commendable \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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