commendablecom‧mend‧a‧ble /kəˈmendəbəl/ adjective formal 
Your enthusiasm is highly commendable. Baldwin answered with commendable honesty.—commendably adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The headteacher thanked the boys for their efforts, which he said were most commendable.
- The police acted with commendable restraint, considering the amount of pressure they were under.
- The whole workforce has adapted to the new computing system with commendable speed.
- But Sue Grayson Ford has an impressive and commendable history and says she thrives on challenges.
- Commitment of experimental method is in itself entirely commendable.
- Overall, thinking on children's needs, despite its commendable focus on specific categories, was incomplete.
- She told herself that she was showing commendable delicacy in not probing.
- This, they felt, was symptomatic of the paper's commendable interest in and support of, the arts.
- With commendable dispatch, it was completed and presented to the legislature in March 1880.
- Your speed in reporting, printing and distribution is highly commendable.
Longman Language Activatorwords for describing behaviour or actions that deserve praise
formal deserving praise: · The headteacher thanked the boys for their efforts, which he said were most commendable.with commendable speed/patience etc: · The whole workforce has adapted to the new computing system with commendable speed.· The police acted with commendable restraint, considering the amount of pressure they were under.
deserving praise for your actions, efforts, and intentions even if the final result is not always completely successful: · Giving blood is regarded by most people as something praiseworthy.· Negotiators have made a praiseworthy attempt to bring the two sides together.
formal deserving praise: · Equal pay for equal work is a laudable principle.· Such honesty is laudable and rare.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Your enthusiasm is highly commendable.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
deserving praise: Your enthusiasm is highly commendable.· Your speed in reporting, printing and distribution is highly commendable.· Santa gave them a highly commendable seven out of ten rating.· For purposes other than electoral forecasting such close estimates would be regarded as highly commendable.
Your enthusiasm is highly commendable. Baldwin answered with commendable honesty.—commendably adverb