4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Bp.
Wilkins.
Men have no right to what is not reasonable.
--Burke.
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. --Shak.
Syn: Rational; just honest; equitable; fair; suitable;
moderate; tolerable. See {Rational}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\, adv
Reasonable; tolerably. [Obs.]
I have a reasonable good ear in music. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
reasonable
adj 1: showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a
sensible person" [syn: {sensible}] [ant: {unreasonable}]
2: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable
prices" [syn: {fair}, {fairish}]
3: marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy" [syn: {sane}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
REASONABLE, adj Accessible to the infection of our own opinions.
Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.
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