ADMIRABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does admirable mean? 

• ADMIRABLE (adjective)
  The adjective ADMIRABLE has 2 senses:

1. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration

2. inspiring admiration or approval

  Familiarity information: ADMIRABLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADMIRABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration

Context example:

his taste was impeccable, his health admirable

Similar:

estimable (deserving of respect or high regard)

Derivation:

admirability; admirableness (admirable excellence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Inspiring admiration or approval

Context example:

among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness

Similar:

pleasing (giving pleasure and satisfaction)

Derivation:

admirability; admirableness (admirable excellence)

 Context examples 

I assure you that, after a few months’ training, he was an admirable assistant.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Did I not tell you how quick and resolute she was? Would she not have made an admirable queen? Is it not a pity that she was not on my level?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had obtained good results in such cases by the inhalation of nitrite of amyl, and the present seemed an admirable opportunity of testing its virtues.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Admirable, Watson! Admirable! You are the best of messengers.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He begged, therefore, to drink “Success to the Fancy,” coupled with the name of John Jackson, who might stand as a type of all that was most admirable in British boxing.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, as things at last fell out, I found an admirable opportunity.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I entered the cabin where lay the remains of my ill-fated and admirable friend.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

In educating the youth of both sexes, their method is admirable, and highly deserves our imitation.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I am sure it is only necessary to put before so admirable a practitioner as Dr. Seward so simple, yet so momentous a wish, to ensure its fulfilment.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The naivete of Miss Smith's manners—and altogether—Oh, it is most admirable!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)