estimable
estimable
Definition
es·ti·mable (es′tə mə bəl)
adjective
- Obsolete that can be estimated or evaluated; calculable
- worthy of esteem; deserving to be respected or valued
Etymology: ME & OFr < L aestimabilis < aestimare: see esteem
es′·ti·mably adverb
estimable
Synonyms
estimable
modif.
Worthy
deserving, admirable, respected; see respectable, worthy.Calculable
appreciable, computable, appraisable; see calculable.
estimable
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- function: This definition holds for more general hypothesis testing when is a matrix of independent linear estimable functions.
- person: Their bishops at Constantinople were most estimable persons, according to Socrates, who has much to relate about them.
- man: He was an estimable young man, honest, amiable, with high ideals.
- publication: So what about it my boys, look you, what we need is for you to mail us your estimable publication.
- character: Here beginneth the third lesson, which is not from the planter but from a less estimable character, the writer of books.
Modifying Another Word
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