Adverb

(en-adv)

(archaic) Nobly; magnanimously.

To a great extent or degree.

*, chapter=12

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal , passage=Terry's goal looked to have put Chelsea in control on the stroke of half-time but Arsenal's response presented a compelling case for Wenger's insistence that reports of his side's demise have been greatly exaggerated.}}

Adverb

(en adverb)

In an estimable manner; deserving of esteem.

* {{quote-book, year=1853, author=Fredrika Bremer, title=The Home, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The name of the sisters Frank stood estimably at the head of this useful establishment; but it is a question whether it would have prospered to such an extent, whether it would have developed itself so beautifully and well without the assistance of a person who, however, has carefully concealed his activity from the eye of the public, and whose name, for that reason, was never praised. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1901, author=Miles Franklin, title=My Brilliant Career, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=He had turned her adrift, neither a wife, widow, nor maid, and here she was, one of the most estimably lovable and noble women I have ever met. }}

* {{quote-news, year=1989, date=April 7, author=Kurt Jacobsen, title=Losing It, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=Director Breillat, screenwriter for Maurice Pialat's estimably gritty Police (1985), thoroughly demolishes every trace of prurience, instead focusing on the almost dizzying conflict within Lili--her confusion over her hunger for life and her anger at it. }}