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Synonyms for laudably


Grammar : Adv
Spell : law-duh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔ də bəl

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Définition of laudably

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French laudable and directly from Latin laudabilis "praiseworthy," from laudare (see laud). Related: Laudably.
  • As in morally : adv in accordance with accepted standards of conduct
Example sentences :
  • The author has laudably made his submission and reprobated his work.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The authors of the period were laudably accurate in following its fashions.
  • Extract from : « Quentin Durward » by Sir Walter Scott
  • It is true, he says, that he killed his wife, but he did it laudably.
  • Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe
  • It is true that he was flagrantly in the wrong, his victim as laudably in the right.
  • Extract from : « A Thief in the Night » by E. W. Hornung
  • I cured myself first of those false imaginations, and then I laudably endeavoured to cure other men.
  • Extract from : « Dialogues of the Dead » by Lord Lyttelton
  • He admires the smooth empasto; and among the painters who practised it, laudably mentions Vander Werff.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 » by Various
  • It invites them to inquiry, and makes them laudably curious.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium, and part of France, in the Autumn of 1835 » by James Forbes
  • He, however, laudably determined not to make another adventure.
  • Extract from : « Secret Service or Recollections of a City Detective » by Andrew Forrester
  • Thus is the purpose of my heart entirely frustrated, and the laudably industrious tradesman defrauded of his due.
  • Extract from : « The Sylph, Volume I and II » by Georgiana Cavendish
  • "Where he is laudably exercising his lungs for the entertainment of the company below," said the Professor.
  • Extract from : « The Funny Philosophers » by George Yellott

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