REASONABLE


Meaning of REASONABLE in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you think that someone is fair and sensible you can say that they are ~.

He’s a ~ sort of chap...

Oh, come on, be ~.

? un~

ADJ

reasonably

‘I’m sorry, Andrew,’ she said reasonably.

ADV

~ness

‘I can understand how you feel,’ Desmond said with great ~ness.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you say that a decision or action is ~, you mean that it is fair and sensible.

...a perfectly ~ decision...

At the time, what he’d done had seemed ~.

ADJ

3.

If you say that an expectation or explanation is ~, you mean that there are good reasons why it may be correct.

It seems ~ to expect rapid urban growth.

ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf

reasonably

You can reasonably expect your goods to arrive within six to eight weeks.

ADV: ADV with v

4.

If you say that the price of something is ~, you mean that it is fair and not too high.

You get an interesting meal for a ~ price...

ADJ

reasonably

...reasonably priced accommodation.

ADV: ADV with v

5.

You can use ~ to describe something that is fairly good, but not very good.

The boy answered him in ~ French...

ADJ

reasonably

I can dance reasonably well.

ADV: ADV adj/adv

6.

A ~ amount of something is a fairly large amount of it.

They will need a ~ amount of desk area and good light.

ADJ

reasonably

From now on events moved reasonably quickly.

ADV: ADV adj/adv

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