eligible
adjective
fit or proper to be chosen; worthy of choice; desirable.
eligibly
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a word derived from
eligible.
Example Sentences
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Turin is eligibly located and well built, most of the houses being large, tall, and the walls of decided strength and thickness; but Genoa is even superior in most respects if not in all.
From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Horace Greeley
Finding themselves not so eligibly situated in that Country, as they had expected to be, a portion of them embarked for America, and were the first settlers of New England.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Catharine Esther Beecher
Mrs. Vickars was introduced to Miss Turnbull—liked her prodigiously; and Lady Pierrepoint was most happy in the prospect of her relation's being so eligibly situated.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 05 by Maria Edgeworth
The richest soil of the island is black, which is best adapted to produce the sugar-cane, and is mostly devoted, if eligibly located, to that purpose.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou
For this purpose, meadow land, eligibly situated, was essential.
From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus, Freiherr von Liebig
