estimable

[US]/ˈestɪməbl/
[UK]/ˈestɪməbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. værdig respekt; i stand til at blive estimeret.

Phrases & Collocations

estimable qualities

beundringsværdige kvaliteter

an estimable reputation

et beundringsværdigt ry

highly estimable achievements

meget beundringsværdige præstationer

Example Sentences

estimable assets; an estimable distance.

værdifulde aktiver; en værdifuld afstand.

an estimable young professor.

en imponerende ung professor.

an estimable distance

en anseelig afstand

an estimable contribution to society

et imponerende bidrag til samfundet

an estimable work ethic

en imponerende arbejdsmoral

an estimable example for others

et imponerende eksempel for andre

Real-world Examples

I think I hear the fairy footstep of your estimable partner.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Volume 1)

It had occurred to the estimable Gloria that she was probably with child.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

In fact I was even offered the job of associate artistic director of a very estimable rep company.

Source: GQ — Representative Roles of Celebrities

After fifteen minutes filled with estimable brilliancies, Gloria appeared, fresh in starched yellow, bringing atmosphere and an increase of vitality.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

Her piety unfeigned, her willingness to oblige, and her angelic disposition, rendered her the Darling of all that was estimable in the Convent.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

They endured Tana as they endured ill weather and sickness of the body and the estimable Will of God—as they endured all things, even themselves.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

The old gentleman being still in a state of most estimable unconsciousness, the bridegroom cried out in his accustomed voice, " Now Aged P. you know; who giveth" ?

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

Fred felt horribly jealous — was glad, of course, that Mr. Farebrother was so estimable, but wished that he had been ugly and fat as men at forty sometimes are.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Four)

" But Mistress Tournebroche would be still more estimable if she should have had intercourse with a Sylph, as Semiramis had and Olympias and the mother of that grand pope Sylvester II" .

Source: Goose Palm Queen Barbecue Restaurant (Part 2)

" What is the use of my continually repeating that he is a good and estimable man? He is an inward torment to me, and I am incapable of being just toward him" .

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

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