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coˈmmendably, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a commendable manner; so as to win commendation; laudably.
1531Elyot Gov. i. vii, Nature seketh..howe in quietnes to be commendably disposed. 1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 31 He handled them commendably. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. Wks. 1738 II. 67 Edric..challeng'd the Crown, and wore it, though not commendably. 1754Richardson Grandison (ed. 7) VII. 65 To behave commendably in the private life. 1886Manch. Exam. 4 Nov. 5/4 The speakers were commendably brief.
†2. In commendation. (Cf. commendable 2.)
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. iv. 25 Everything the man said commendably of him came grudgingly. |