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laudable, laudatory Definition


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laudable
adj
    1. Worthy of praise; commendable.
      Thesaurus: exemplary, praiseworthy, admirable, estimable, commendable, creditable, excellent, meritorious; Antonym: damnable, execrable.
Derivative: laudability
noun
    Derivative: laudably
    adverb
      Etymology: 15c.

      Info:
        Laudable means deserving praise and laudatory means expressing it:
        Laudatory is the more often confused, as in the following incorrect example:


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