estimable
adjective
worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration.
estimably
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a word derived from
estimable.
Example Sentences
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The spirits of Lucinda Williams and Courtney Barnett run through this estimably confident 21-year-old London songwriter.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2018
I asked the estimably sanguine German across the aisle from me.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2013
Walton charts, estimably and perhaps unintentionally, how the hubris of "intelligence", in the "defence" of an increasingly hollow and insignificant "realm", made hardly any difference at all.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2013
Maybe, though she herself was dear, "although seventeen years my senior," "herself and estate" was estimably dearer.
From Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
Grant, if you will, that this institution has a certain function, and that by the present chief magistrate this function is estimably performed.
From On Compromise by John Morley
