adj.
- Possible to estimate: estimable assets; an estimable distance.
- Deserving of esteem; admirable: an estimable young professor.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aestimābilis, from aestimāre, to value.]
estimableness es'ti·ma·ble·ness n.estimably es'ti·ma·bly adv.
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