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单词 commendably
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commendablyadv.

Etymology: formed as commendable adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: coˈmmendably.
1. In a commendable manner; so as to win commendation; laudably.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adverb]
worshipfullyc1350
a pricea1400
lovably?a1425
laudably1477
praisablya1525
commendably1531
thankworthily1553
praiseworthily1555
plausibly1589
recommendably1611
creditably1848
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. vii. sig. Cviiv Nature seketh..howe in quietnes to be commendably disposed.
1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. C.iii He handled them commendably.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iv. 166 Edric..challeng'd the Crown; and wore it, though not commendably.
1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (ed. 7) VII. 65 To behave commendably in the private life.
1886 Manch. Examiner 4 Nov. 5/4 The speakers were commendably brief.
2. In commendation. (Cf. commendable adj. 2.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adverb]
praisinglyc1475
magnifically1555
applausefully1630
magnificently1630
eulogically1634
praisefully1651
applausively1741
commendably1747
eulogistically1831
laudatorily1847
commendatively1865
commendingly1876
extollingly1886
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. iv. 23 Every thing the man said commendably of him, came grudgingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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