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Definition of Estimable

1. Adjective. Deserving of respect or high regard.

2. Adjective. Deserving of esteem and respect. "Ruined the family's good name"

3. Adjective. May be computed or estimated. "Estimable assets"

Definition of Estimable

1. a. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage.

2. n. A thing worthy of regard.

Definition of Estimable

1. Adjective. Worthy of esteem; admirable. ¹

2. Adjective. (archaic) Valuable. ¹

3. Adjective. Capable of being estimated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Estimable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Estimable

esthetician estheticians estheticise estheticised estheticises estheticising estheticism estheticisms estheticize estheticized

estheticizes estheticizing esthetics estiatorio estiferous estimable (current term) estimableness estimablenesses estimably estimand

estimands estimate estimated estimated tax estimated tax return estimates estimating estimation estimations estimative

Literary usage of Estimable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"In private life Colonel Ward sustained a most estimable character; and as n soldier and patriot, his reputation was without a stain. ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... and of still more absurd eulogy by Liberal sympathisers both in that day and since. Personally she seems to have been amiable and estimable enough. ..."

3. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall (1832)
"If the grave be a sanctuary entitled to respect, many of the intelligent and estimable friends of Mr. Jefferson may perhaps regret that be neither respected ..."

4. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... WORTHY, estimable. THESE agreeable adjectives are ... and honourable conduit, that truly estimable and WORTHY ..."

5. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1844)
"Its beauty and value, together with uur interest in the youthful Institute, and our friendship for its gifted and estimable author, induced us tu make ..."

6. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"I am sure your excellent Mrs. Lewis does, perhaps her estimable husband likewise. But the 'Father of all Good' soon grows to mean the utmost in the ..."

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