estimable
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Estimable \Es"ti*ma*ble\, a. [F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis.
See {Esteem}.]
1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable
damage. --Paley. .
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2. Valuable; worth a great price. [R.]
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A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man,
Is not so estimable, profitable neither,
As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. --Shak.
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3. Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or
regard.
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A lady said of her two companions, that one was more
amiable, the other more estimable. --Sir W.
Temple.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
188 Moby Thesaurus words for "estimable":
Christian, admirable, admired, advantageous, appraisable,
appreciable, assessable, august, auspicious, authoritative,
awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, beneficial, benevolent,
beyond all praise, blameless, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, calculable,
capital, celebrated, charismatic, charming, clean, cogent,
commendable, computable, consequential, conspicuous, countable,
creditable, decent, deserving, determinable, distinguished,
dreadful, effective, effectual, efficacious, elegant, eminent,
enchanting, erect, esteemed, ethical, excellent, exceptional,
exemplary, expedient, extraordinary, fair, famous, fathomable,
favorable, fine, full of integrity, gaugeable, good, goodly, grand,
healthy, held in esteem, helpful, high-minded, high-principled,
highly esteemed, highly regarded, highly reputed,
highly respectable, honest, honorable, honored, immaculate,
important, in favor, in good odor, in high favor, influential,
inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, laudable, law-abiding,
law-loving, law-revering, magnetic, manly, marked, measurable,
memorable, mensurable, meritorious, meterable, model, momentous,
moral, nice, noble, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, numberable,
numerable, of mark, outstanding, perceptible, personable,
persuasive, pleasant, potent, powerful, praiseworthy, prestigious,
principled, profitable, prominent, pure, quantifiable, quantizable,
rare, reckonable, regal, remarkable, rememberable, reputable,
reputed, respectable, respected, revered, reverend, right,
right-minded, righteous, royal, salient, signal, skillful, sound,
special, splendid, spotless, stainless, sterling, striking, strong,
suasive, substantial, telling, time-honored, true-dealing,
true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited,
truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled,
unexceptionable, unforgettable, unimpeachable, unspotted,
unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous,
upstanding, useful, valid, valuable, valued, venerable, venerated,
very good, virtuous, weighty, well-deserving, well-thought-of,
winning, worshipful, worthy, yeomanly
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