reasonable
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reasonable/ˈriːznəbl/
▶adjective
- 1 fair and sensible.
- 2 archaic able to reason logically.
- 3 as much as is appropriate or fair; moderate.
■ fairly good.
■ relatively inexpensive.
– derivatives
reasonableness noun,
reasonably adverb.
reasonableness noun,
reasonably adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. raisonable, suggested by L. rationabilis ‘rational’, from ratio (see reason).
'reasonable' also found in these Oxford entries:
cause
- compute
- decency
- due diligence
- extravagant
- fair
- hold
- implausible
- irrational
- justify
- logical
- moderation
- plausible
- probable cause
- sane
- sanity
- sense
- sporting chance
- steady
- steep
- unconscionable
- understandable
- vin de table
