Both Uses of
commend
in
A Room With A View
- She sat close to her cousin, who, with commendable patience, was listening to a long story about lost luggage.†
Chpt 7 *commendable = deserving of praisestandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- "And Mr. Vyse?" said Lucy, who kept commendably calm.†
Chpt 16commendably = in a manner that deserves praisestandard suffix: The suffix "-ably" is a combination of the suffixes "-able" and "-ly". It means in a manner that is capable of being. This is the same pattern you see in words like agreeably, favorably, and comfortably.
Definitions:
-
(1)
(commend as in: I commend her work) praise or recommend
-
(2)
(commend as in: I commend her to your care) to entrust to another for future care