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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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.

Synonyms: Rational; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable; moderate; tolerable. See Rational.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

Reasonable; tolerably. [Obs.] I have a reasonable good ear in music. Shak.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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