Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Commendable \Com*mend"a*ble\, a.

   Note: (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L.
         commendabilis.]
   Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.

         Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only
         comely but commendable.                  --Bacon.
   -- {Com*mend"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Com*mend"a*bly}, adv.

Source : WordNet®

commendable
     adj : worthy of high praise; "applaudable efforts to save the
           environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose";
           "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a
           significant and praiseworthy increase in computer
           intelligence" [syn: {applaudable}, {laudable}, {praiseworthy}]
     adv : in an admirable manner; "the children's responses were
           admirably normal" [syn: {admirably}, {laudably}, {praiseworthily}]