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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Entering the hall, they followed the usher to their seats, which were eligibly located only a few rows back from the stage.
From Try and Trust by Horatio Alger
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
They represented widely different characteristics, and I esteemed myself fortunate to obtain a position where I could so eligibly study men, habits, and warfare.
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
It is eligibly situated on the western bank of the Mississippi river, eighteen miles below the junction of the Missouri, and, from its commanding situation, is destined to become the emporium of the western country.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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
