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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0