Vocabulary Word
Word: estimable
Definition: (of a person) worthy of esteem; admirable; deserving esteem; possible to estimate
Definition: (of a person) worthy of esteem; admirable; deserving esteem; possible to estimate
Sentences Containing 'estimable'
It does not follow that a deep, intricate character is more or less estimable than such a one as yours.''
``The indirect boast; for you are really proud of your defects in writing, because you consider them as proceeding from a rapidity of thought and carelessness of execution, which, if not estimable, you think at least highly interesting.
He is the most estimable, the most trustworthy creature in the world, and I will venture to say, there is not a better seaman in all the merchant service.
Villefort looked disdainfully at Morrel, and replied,``You are aware, monsieur, that a man may be estimable and trustworthy in private life, and the best seaman in the merchant service, and yet be, politically speaking, a great criminal.
Since, therefore, arms have need of the mind, as much as letters, let us see now which of the two minds, that of the man of letters or that of the warrior, has most to do; and this will be seen by the end and goal that each seeks to attain; for that purpose is the more estimable which has for its aim the nobler object.