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ESTIMABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
May be computed or estimated
Example:
estimable assets
Synonyms:
computable; estimable
Classified under:
Similar:
calculable (able to be calculated or estimated)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deserving of respect or high regard
Classified under:
Similar:
admirable (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Also:
worthy (having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable)
Antonym:
contemptible (deserving of contempt or scorn)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Deserving of esteem and respect
Example:
ruined the family's good name
Synonyms:
estimable; good; honorable; respectable
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
reputable (having a good reputation)
Context examples:
The indirect boast; for you are really proud of your defects in writing, because you consider them as proceeding from a rapidity of thought and carelessness of execution, which, if not estimable, you think at least highly interesting.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Rosamond Oliver, said he, is about to be married to Mr. Granby, one of the best connected and most estimable residents in S-, grandson and heir to Sir Frederic Granby: I had the intelligence from her father yesterday.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
