laudablyadv.
/ˈlɔːdəbli/, U.S. /ˈlɔdəbli/, /ˈlɑdəbli/ 1. In a praiseworthy manner, so as to deserve praise.
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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
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 44 He ansuerd to speke litil & laudably.
1533 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 263 Occupacions lawdablye vsed and contynued withyn this Cytye.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x. 322 The Chymists have attempted laudably, reducing their causes unto Sal, Sulphur, and Mercury.
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) I. xxviii. 180 Would not love and pity, excusably, nay laudably, make a good Wife..give up her own will..to oblige a Husband.
1876 W. Black Madcap Violet vi. 52 A..young man..laudably anxious to be instructed.
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the world > health and disease > [adverb] > healthily
wholesomely1612
healthily1632
laudably1699
1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 129 Some Plants not only nourish laudably, but induce a manifest and wholesom Change.
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