Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Admirableness.
- n. Bailey.
Wiktionary
- n. That quality which produces admiration or wonder
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare Admirableness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. admirable excellence
Etymologies
- From Latin admīrābilitās (Wiktionary)
Examples
“While Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Nelson Mandela ranked ahead of Gates this year, the tech luminary has seen his "admirability" status rise over the last several years.”
The Huffington Post: Bill Gates More Admired Than The Pope, Dalai Lama
“But there was a kind of admirability in her perseverance and hanging in there.”
“In these films, Naruse repeatedly found beautiful, economical, and multifaceted ways of exploring his favorite topic - the futility of hope (despite the admirability and beauty of the hopeful) - that forms his overarching pessimism.”
“Hagakure presents a philosophy starkly different from modern Western standards, yet it retains a curious appeal even now: the strange admirability of a life lived without compromise.”
“In these films, Naruse repeatedly found beautiful, economical, and multifaceted ways of exploring his favorite topic - the futility of hope (despite the admirability and beauty of the hopeful) - that forms his overarching pessimism. ”
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