What does honourable mean?
Honourable means (British spelling) Standard spelling of honorable..
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(British spelling) Standard spelling of honorable..
It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.
The days of steam on the railways of Kent are now indeed numbered, and when stage two of the electrification is completed through Tonbridge to Ashford, Folkestone and Dover a long and honourable chapter in transport will be virtually closed.
So she invites her father and sister to a second day's dinner (if those sides, or ontrys, as she calls 'em, weren't served yesterday, I'm d—d), and to meet City folks and littery men, and keeps the Earls and the Ladies, and the Honourables to herself.
Use honourable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Honourable means (British spelling) Standard spelling of honorable..
Common synonyms include noble, right, revered, moral.
Possible antonyms include dishonorable, dishonourable.
It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.
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