laudable
deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
Medicine/Medical Obsolete. healthy; wholesome; not noxious.
Origin of laudable
1Other words from laudable
- laud·a·bil·i·ty, laud·a·ble·ness, noun
- laud·a·bly, adverb
- un·laud·a·ble, adjective
- un·laud·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·laud·a·bly, adverb
Words that may be confused with laudable
- laudable , laudatory
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How to use laudable in a sentence
For some, that amounts to a laudably consistent belief system.
Ted Cruz at Princeton: Creepy, Sometimes Well Liked, and Exactly the Same | Patricia Murphy | August 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is true, he says, that he killed his wife, but he did it laudably.
The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward BerdoeThe movement thus laudably initiated by the Government soon spread to the provinces.
The Chronicles of Newgate, v. 2/2 | Arthur Griffiths"Where he is laudably exercising his lungs for the entertainment of the company below," said the Professor.
The Funny Philosophers | George YellottThe ruffing and cheering was immense; and most laudably prompt was the execution of the proposal that excited it.
In the very next paragraph to that from which we have been quoting, he thus laudably expresses 494 himself upon the subject.
British Dictionary definitions for laudable
/ (ˈlɔːdəbəl) /
deserving or worthy of praise; admirable; commendable
Derived forms of laudable
- laudableness or laudability, noun
- laudably, adverb
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