reasonable
adjectivecommon in dialogue
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Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
adjective
- 1
archaicHaving the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
The wiſdome and underſtanding of this Beaſt [the beaver], vvill almoſt conclude him a reaſonable creature: […]
- 2
Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows […]
- 3
Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.
a reasonable demand, amount, or price
- 4
Not expensive; fairly priced.
$20 a bottle is very reasonable for a good wine at a restaurant.
Say, would you happen to know a good place for lunch in the downtown area? ... The Radisson ... Oh yah? ... Is it reasonable?
The 3a Pro is an extremely reasonable $ 559, and the regular 3a is an even more extremely reasonable $ 379.
- 5
Satisfactory.
The builders did a reasonable job, given the short notice.
Etymology
From Middle English resonable, from Old French resnable, from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis, from ratiō. By surface analysis, reason + -able. Doublet of rationable.
Forms
- comparative
- more reasonable
- superlative
- most reasonable