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admirably

UK/ˈæd.mə.ɹə.bli/US/ˈæd.mɪɹ.ə.bli/
adverbB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,111 of 15,258neutral

Admirably means in a way that deserves praise. Coped admirably, admirably clear, performed admirably.

It is warm and slightly formal, and it is one of the few adverbs that can carry a whole compliment on its own. Admirably clear is the standard praise for writing that did the hard work of being understood.

Definitions of admirably

  1. 1adverbadmirablyIn a way that deserves praise.B2+

    “The young goalkeeper performed admirably in his first match.”

admirably is a manner.

Also accepted in games: commendably

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    admirābilis

  2. Middle French

    admirable

  3. Middle English

    admyrable

  4. English

    admirable

  5. English, today

    admirably

From admirable + -ly. admirable comes from Middle English admyrable, partly from Middle French admirable and partly from its etymon, Latin admirābilis. by surface analysis, admire + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

admirably in the wild

  • The Catholic priest-scholar Johann Peter Kirsch, 1500 years later, described Innocent as a very energetic and highly gifted individual "...who fulfilled admirably the duties of his office".

    Pope Innocent I

  • In Super Bowl IX he replaced an injured Andy Russell for most of the second half, filling in admirably.

    Loren Toews

  • In 1809 she recorded her experience in an "admirably graphic and picturesque" account.

    Marie Paradis

  • The hall won a Europa Nostra architecture award as an "admirably sensitive designed concert hall".

    Berwald Hall

  • The VFA team performed admirably, defeating Tasmania and getting within 18 points of Western Australia and 33 points of Victoria.

    1953 Adelaide Carnival

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the admirable family

admirableadmirably

admirably — used about once every 8,182 pages · #11,111 · point at the bar for the others

  • admire
  • admirer