Word family noun admiration admirer adjective admirable admired admiring verb admire adverb admirably admiringly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishadmirablead‧mi‧ra‧ble /ˈædmərəbəl/ ●○○ adjective formal GOOD/EXCELLENThaving many good qualities that you respect and admire an admirable achievement —admirably adverbExamples from the Corpus
admirable• On the one hand, what they do, and the energy and goodwill they bring to it, are admirable.• Three times a week would be admirable.• It is an admirable book, the first to tell the whole truth about the war.• It was far more admirable, he said, to approach nature with as much impersonality as possible.• Director Andy Tennant keeps the pace moving and shows admirable restraint.• More importantly they have admirable zest and wide interests. 