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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
reasonable
    adj 1: showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a
           sensible person" [syn: reasonable, sensible] [ant:
           unreasonable]
    2: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable
       prices" [syn: fair, fairish, reasonable]
    3: marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy" [syn:
       reasonable, sane]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\, adv.
   Reasonably; tolerably. [Obs.]
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         I have a reasonable good ear in music.   --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\ (r[=e]"z'n*[.a]*b'l), 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.
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   2. Governed by reason; being under the 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.
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            By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not
            admit of any reasonable cause of doubting. --Bp.
                                                  Wilkins.
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            Men have no right to what is not reasonable.
                                                  --Burke.
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   3. Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper;
      as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.
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            Let . . . all things be thought upon
            That may, with reasonable swiftness, add
            More feathers to our wings.           --Shak.
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   Syn: Rational; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable;
        moderate; tolerable. See Rational.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
REASONABLE. Conformable or agreeable to reason; just; rational. 
     2. An award must be reasonable, for if it be of things nugatory in 
themselves, and offering no advantage to either of the parties, it cannot be 
enforced. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2096. Vide Award. 



5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
REASONABLE, adj.  Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. 
Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.


Thesaurus Results for Reasonable:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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