Dictionary entry

Commendable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Com‐mend″a‐ble (?), a. (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L. commendabilis.] Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.

Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable.

Bacon.

— Com‐mend″a‐ble‐ness, n. — Com‐mend″a‐bly, adv.