commendably
1
5.3
- adverb
- /kəˈmɛndəblɪ/
:
de manera encomiable
- All of the popular sixteenth-century women recently "rediscovered" in current feminist scholarship are to be found here with commendably faithful portrayals of their publishing history.
Examples
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With respect to tonight, I thought JY was commendably calm, collected, and intelligent.
Blog text (11) -
Except for the monarchs, which CMBO and others have been diligently and commendably counting for many years, we do not know how the butterfly numbers of this year compare to the flights of ten or twenty years ago.
Blog text (9) -
If this growth represents a real increase in effort, it is commendably large.
Academic text (1991) -
This new Australian study looks commendably at the longer term.
Blog text (12) -
A great paper, sir, and commendably comprehensive compared to the usual narrow view of these matters.
Blog text (1) -
We have a president who, commendably, put his alcoholism under control without treatment.
Academic text (2008) -
The story is adequate, the set design is strong, and star Jane March gives a commendably icy performance.
Blog text (7) -
On one occasion, however, Cameron exercised artistic license commendably.
Academic text (2002) -
Commendably, Isabella resists being figured as the "involuntary, unconscious object" (181) of the male traffic in women and labors to transform herself from a to-be-looked-at object into a more active, looking agent.
Academic text (2009) -
The athlete's commendably hard work earned her a gold medal at the competition.
Synonyms
19
3.3
In a way that makes people respect or praise someone
12
3.9
In a very beautiful or impressive way
11
4.6
In a very impressive way
3
4.7
To say good things about someone because you admire them
3
4.7
In a very impressive way that makes people admire it
1
7.2
Acts in a way that deserves praise
1
6.3
In a way that deserves praise for doing a good job
In a way people admire for doing something good
In a way that deserves praise or reward
How Praiseworthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
commendably = commendable (transparent) = commend + able + ly
The adverb is formed by adding the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'commendable', which itself transparently derives from 'commend' + '-able'.
Etymology
Commendably comes from commend, a word that long ago meant 'to entrust' and later 'to praise'. You can see the same root in recommend, which means to speak well of someone. So to do something commendably is to do it in a way that deserves praise.