estimable

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

Translation

adj. deserving respect; able to be estimated.

Phrases & Collocations

estimable qualities

an estimable reputation

highly estimable achievements

Example Sentences

estimable assets; an estimable distance.

an estimable young professor.

an estimable distance

an estimable contribution to society

an estimable work ethic

an estimable example for others

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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