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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\, a. [OE. resonable, F. raisonnable fr L. rationabilis See {Reason}, n.] 1. Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as a reasonable being 2. 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. 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. Syn: Rational; just honest; equitable; fair; suitable; moderate; tolerable. See {Rational}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\, adv Reasonable; tolerably. [Obs.] I have a reasonable good ear in music. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reasonable adj 1: showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person" [syn: {sensible}] [ant: {unreasonable}] 2: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices" [syn: {fair}, {fairish}] 3: marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy" [syn: {sane}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: REASONABLE, adj Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.
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