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/ˈɛstɪməbəl/
Adjective
Worthy of esteem; admirable.
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Near-synonyms: esteemed, revered
[Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.
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Mr. March told […]how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
Francesca Bassington sat in the drawing-room of her house in Blue Street, W., regaling herself and her estimable brother Henry with China tea and small cress sandwiches.
For all this, the worn collodion image gracing his memoirs shows a man of estimable appearance in a sober woolen suit and brocade waistcoat.
Valuable.
Usage- Archaic
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A pound of man's flesh taken from a man Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
Capable of being estimated; estimatable.
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After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.
In this section we review the recent theory that generates an estimable Phillips curve relation.
Adjective
deserving of respect or high regard
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deserving of esteem and respect
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all respectable companies give guarantees
ruined the family's good name
may be computed or estimated
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a calculable risk
computable odds
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estimable assets