reasonable

Adjective
Synonyms: sensiblefairfairishsane

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. showing reason or sound judgment“a sensible choice”“a sensible person”Synonyms: sensible
  2. not excessive or extreme“a fairish income”“reasonable prices”Synonyms: fairfairish
  3. marked by sound judgment“sane nuclear policy”Synonyms: sane
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\, adv. Reasonably; tolerably. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

I have a reasonable good ear in music. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\ (r[=e]"z'n*[.a]*b'l), 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. [1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not admit of any reasonable cause of doubting.— Bp. Wilkins.[1913 Webster]
Men have no right to what is not reasonable.— Burke.[1913 Webster]

3.Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price. [1913 Webster]

Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to our wings.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Rational; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable; moderate; tolerable. See Rational. [1913 Webster]

The Devil's Dictionary

REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.
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