Worthy of great respect:she was shown into that estimable woman’s presence...
Our estimable reader Stanley Black sent me these comments and asked for my response.
I think the estimable Dr. Payne goes too far.
Today the Washington Post ran a page 1 story by the estimable Thomas Ricks concerning a briefing given to a Pentagon advisory committee last month.
Derivatives
estimably
adverb...
By contrast, James Atlas is estimably objective and clear-eyed.
In this he's succeeded estimably.
We were more likely to seek out the bistros frequented by taxi drivers (an estimably knowledgeable group about food as about much else) or the small, family-run restaurants where provincial food of every variety flourished.
Origin
Late 15th century (in the sense 'able to be estimated or appraised'; earlier in inestimable): via Old French from Latin aestimabilis, from aestimare 'to estimate'.