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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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