admirablead‧mi‧ra‧ble /ˈædmərəbəl/ ●○○ adjective formal 
- It is an admirable book, the first to tell the whole truth about the war.
- Director Andy Tennant keeps the pace moving and shows admirable restraint.
- It was far more admirable, he said, to approach nature with as much impersonality as possible.
- More importantly they have admirable zest and wide interests.
- On the one hand, what they do, and the energy and goodwill they bring to it, are admirable.
- Three times a week would be admirable.
a good performance/piece of work/achievement► good · Harry's work is always very good.· Rosemary does a good job here.· It's the best performance we've seen from Giggs all season.· Her grades are getting better all the time.
► excellent extremely good: · They complimented her on her excellent English.· Many studies reported excellent results with the drug.
► outstanding an outstanding performance or achievement is extremely good and much better than that of most other people: · It was an outstanding performance by a talented young actor.· Her work has been outstanding all year.
► brilliant extremely good, and showing an unusually high level of skill or intelligence: · Michael Horden gave a brilliant performance as King Lear.· After a brilliant career at St Luke's Hospital, she was given her own department.· The decision to reorganize the company was a brilliant success.
► impressive something that is impressive is of an unusually good quality and you admire it: · The school's examination results were very impressive.· an impressive achievement
► exceptional much better than the usual standard: · He writes good essays, but I wouldn't say that his work is particularly exceptional.· Merits are given as an honour for exceptional achievement.
► admirable formal something that is admirable has good qualities that make you like and admire it: · It is an admirable book, the first to tell the whole truth about the war.
NOUN► job· But it still wasn't that bad ... Peter Wright has done an admirable job and not just in the set scrum.
► quality· It was his misfortune that what were admirable qualities in a scholar and pastor were defects in a reluctant politician.· And you have to latch on to something, some admirable qualities they have.· To this writer, one of Bruno's most admirable qualities was a capacity to inspire terror.· Leapor's willingness to make jokes at her own expense is one of the admirable qualities of her work.· His passion for work was insatiable, an admirable quality in a man.
adjectiveadmirableadmiredadmiringnounadmirationadmireradverbadmirablyadmiringlyverbadmire
an admirable achievement—admirably adverb