ADMIRABLE

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I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration

Example:

his taste was impeccable, his health admirable

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

estimable (deserving of respect or high regard)

Derivation:

admirability; admirableness (admirable excellence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Inspiring admiration or approval

Example:

among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

pleasing (giving pleasure and satisfaction)

Derivation:

admirability; admirableness (admirable excellence)

Credits

Context examples:

That lucid and admirable statement seems to be the last word in the matter.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It's an admirable piece of workmanship—firm as a rock!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He bore it, however, with admirable calmness.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

And with this admirable discretion did she defer the assurance of her finding their mutual relatives more disagreeable than ever, and of her being particularly disgusted with his mother, till they were more in private.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

True enough, he had once seen Fanny dance; and it was equally true that he would now have answered for her gliding about with quiet, light elegance, and in admirable time; but, in fact, he could not for the life of him recall what her dancing had been, and rather took it for granted that she had been present than remembered anything about her.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Money, position, fashionable accomplishments, and elegant manners were most desirable things in her eyes, and she liked to associate with those who possessed them, often mistaking the false for the true, and admiring what was not admirable.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Nothing could have been more admirable than his way of putting it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. and Mrs. Rucastle were both downstairs, and the child was with them, so that I had an admirable opportunity.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Must I then lose this admirable being?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I think it admirable; and, as far as I can answer for myself, shall be most happy—It seems the only improvement that could be.