estimableness
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es·ti·ma·ble
(ĕs′tə-mə-bəl)adj.
1. Possible to estimate: estimable assets; an estimable distance.
2. Deserving of esteem; admirable: an estimable young professor.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aestimābilis, from aestimāre, to value.]
es′ti·ma·ble·ness n.
es′ti·ma·bly adv.
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