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  REASONABLE, adj.  Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. 
  Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not
              admit of any reasonable cause of doubting. --Bp.
                                                    Wilkins.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Men have no right to what is not reasonable.
                                                    --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper;
        as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\, adv.
     Reasonably; tolerably. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I have a reasonable good ear in music.   --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ 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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reasonable
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
     2 just; fair; agreeable to reason.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  reasonable
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
     2 just; fair; agreeable to reason.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  reasonable
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
     2 just; fair; agreeable to reason.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  reasonable
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
     2 just; fair; agreeable to reason.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reasonable
     Englanti a.
     1 järkevä
     2 hyväksyttävä
     3 kohtuullinen, sopiva

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reasonable
     Engelska a.
     1 rimlig; som kan accepteras
     2 inte dyr
     3 resonabel; som går att diskutera eller resonera med

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  reasonable /ɹˈiːzənəbəl/
  besadig, beskeie, matig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Reasonable /ɹˈiːzənəbəl/
  معقول

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  reasonable //ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bəl// //ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl// 
  1. приемлив, разу́мен
  just; fair; agreeable to reason
  2. умерен
  not expensive; fairly priced
  3. удовлетворителен
  satisfactory