admirably

In a way worthy of admiration.

Near-synonym: laudably

He succeeded admirably in drawing fire away from the troop transports.

To an admirable degree.

They have made admirably great improvements in quality.

Naturally, odd pairs of engines and solitary examples lend themselves admirably to nicknames: for example, the Great Eastern 0-10-0 tank "Decapod", and the Lickey Incline banker, "Big Bertha", recently withdrawn from service.