reasonable

[rea·son·a·ble]

Reasonable describes someone or something that's sensible and fair, like your teacher who gives reasonable homework assignments they don't take you forever to do and they relate to what you are studying.

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Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

Adjective S.
not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

Adjective S.
marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy"

Adjective
showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"


n.
Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

n.
Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.

n.
Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.

adv.
Reasonably; tolerably.


Reasonable

Rea"son*a*ble , a. [OE. resonable, F. raisonnable, fr. L. rationabilis. See Reason, n.] 1. Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being. 2. Governed by reason; being under influence of reason; thinking, speaking or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.
By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not admit of any reasonable cause of doubting.
Men have no right to what is not reasonable.
3. Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.
Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to you wings.
Syn. -- Rational; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable; moderate; tolerable. See Rational.

Reasonable

Rea"son*a*ble, adv. Reasonable; tolerably. [Obs.]
I have a reasonable good ear in music.

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

Reasonable; tolerably.

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Usage Examples

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

If cooking becomes an art form rather than a means of providing a reasonable diet, then something is clearly wrong.

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

In our tabulation of psychoanalytic results, we have classed those who stopped treatment together with those not improved. This appears to be reasonable a patient who fails to finish his treatment, and is not improved, is surely a therapeutic failure.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.

I'm sure that there are reasonable people that had some reasonable projections about the future of New Orleans, but none of those could include not trying to rebuild the city and make it better than it was before.

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Other Usage Examples

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization.

A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love.

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.

I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.

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