meritorious
adjective
Origin of meritorious
Related Words for meritorious
exemplary, praiseworthy, admirable, boss, choice, creditable, deserving, estimable, excellent, golden, good, laudable, noble, right, righteous, virtuous, winner, worthy, thankworthyExamples from the Web for meritorious
Contemporary Examples of meritorious
Ibrahim Kalin, and advisor to Erdogan, spoke of a “meritorious isolation” of the country.
The Queen was so impressed that she had a watch inscribed to Miss Eagle for ‘meritorious and extraordinary clairvoyance.’
“Meritorious promotions are now meritorious if you can believe it,” he said.
The reforms that Howard advocates, meritorious as they are, require political support to be enacted.
Historical Examples of meritorious
The object so meritorious, who can doubt the reality of his professions?
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
I think it is requisite, and as meritorious, in the one as in the other.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
In fact, she is a perfect employment bureau for meritorious youth.
The Dominant StrainAnna Chapin Ray
It was an able committee from which a meritorious work might reasonably be expected.
Hymns and Hymnwriters of DenmarkJens Christian Aaberg
This meritorious and curious production is therefore now scarce.
The Superstitions of WitchcraftHoward Williams