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.
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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