Creditable
['kredɪtəb(ə)l] or ['krɛdɪtəbl]
Definition
(adj.) worthy of often limited commendation; 'the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding--was creditable' .
Editor: Melinda--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Worthy of belief.
(a.) Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.
(a.) Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him.
Checker: Ronnie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Reputable, honorable, estimable.
Editor: Lorna
Examples
- It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- History fails to relate a great deal about the mechanical detail of the Pennington model, but it is said to have made a very creditable performance in exhibition. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In good time you are sure to pass a creditable examination and become one of us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A degree or two lower, and a creditable appearance might interest me; I might hope to be useful to their families in some way or other. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It will cost but little more than a common glass, and will look much handsomer and more creditable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Now that's very creditable, you know. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was a blessing for a commerce-loving country to be overrun by such an army of customers: and to have such creditable warriors to feed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That involves explanations not very hard to be guessed at, not very well timed here, and not very creditable to myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was creditable alike to the general who commanded and the army which had executed it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Their affection and pleasure in meeting was just enough to make a very creditable appearance in Mr. Gray's shop. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- They may easily get her from Portsmouth to town by the coach, under the care of any creditable person that may chance to be going. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And wery creditable in him, too,' interposed Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At college his career was of course highly creditable. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The poorest creditable person, of either sex, would be ashamed to appear in public without them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That is not very creditable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And it is a creditable thing to have his acquaintance; an't it, Fagin? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I think I observed, myself, that it was highly creditable to all concerned. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He conceives an idea more creditable to his head than to his heart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And very creditable in 'em too,' said Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He is a scholarly clergyman, and creditable to the cloth. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That would not be creditable. Plato. The Republic.
- With the kindest concern he came on to Longbourn, and broke his apprehensions to us in a manner most creditable to his heart. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He regarded him as a damaged piece of clockwork, which it would be creditable to his skill to set agoing again. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Highly creditable to you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is creditable to you, who have never been apprenticed, to express that opinion,' returned Mr. Gradgrind, approvingly. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He has a great liking for Mrs. Rouncewell; he says she is a most respectable, creditable woman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But I think it's very creditable in you, at your age, to be so well up with the pace of the world, and to know what to go in for. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Lorna