HOW TO PRONOUNCE
honourable
/ˈɑnɚəbəl/
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What does honourable mean?
adjective
- UK standard spelling of honorable.
- Alternative letter-case form of honourable.
noun
- UK standard spelling of honorable.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɑnɚəbəl/
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O, I could divide myself, and go to buffets, for moving such a dish of skim milk with so honourable an action!
“I own I didn’t think of that way! … But suppose he isn’t honourable? A woman had better not have tried it!”
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"I am very much interested in the educational system of your honourable country, and especially in your method of conducting girls' schools."
Anglesey, or Mona, has given birth to many illustrious men, but few, upon the whole, entitled to more honourable mention than himself.
Upright, honourable, capable, and conscientious in the extreme -- such is the memory we retain of Frederick A. Cook from those days.