more acceptable

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Old French acceptable, from Latin acceptabilis "worthy of acceptance," from acceptare (see accept). Related: Acceptably.

Think not a great gift is more acceptable than a little one.

But the more saintly is a Saint, the more acceptable is his prayer to God.

There is no more acceptable sacrifice than the blood of a tyrant.

I know nothing is more acceptable than to speak of one who is to be so; but to speak of one who is so!

Why, the one feeling which she was taught was more acceptable to God than any other, was fear.

No more acceptable edition of some of Grimm's Stories has been published.

This was considered pure and more acceptable as it had belonged to no man.

No better match, nor one more acceptable to the Queen, could be found for him.

This intelligence was more acceptable to Paul than the baton of a general.

And what more acceptable Christmas gift could we make to those "over there?"

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adj satisfactory, agreeable

adjective. traditional