REASONABLE

a. adv.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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.
a.

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.

4.
adv.

Reasonable; tolerably. [Obs.] I have a reasonable good ear in music. Shak.


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