commendable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite worthy of high praise
    applaudable; praiseworthy; laudable.
    • applaudable efforts to save the environment
    • a commendable sense of purpose
    • laudable motives of improving housing conditions
    • a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence
  2. adverb in an admirable manner
    admirably; laudably; praiseworthily.
    • the children's responses were admirably normal

WordNet

Com*mend"a*ble adjective
Etymology
L. commendabilis.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913