Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: honourable
IPA transcription: ['ɑnɚəbəl]
Pronunciations of honourable
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: honorable, honourable
    Meaning: worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"
  • Synonyms: ethical, honorable, honourable
    Meaning: adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"
Usage examples
  • There's a good, kind, honourable clergyman.'
  • If he is an honourable man, all may turn out well.
  • From our own point of view we are rigidly honourable.
  • We trust to receive honourable treatment at your hands.'
  • Letter from the Honourable Jane Champion to Sir Deryck Brand.
  • And a pleasure which took nothing from self-respect; which was open, honourable, eager.
  • There was once a king who was such an honourable man that his subjects called him "The Good King."
  • If this gentleman be honourable, he will decline attending my mother, and go away more willingly than he came.
  • I of your city am; and evermore Your labours and your honourable names I with affection have retraced and heard.
  • Mr. Gould, the father, had one fault in his sagacious and honourable character: he attached too much importance to form.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pierre Trudeau, License CC BY-SA 4.0