Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a reasonable manner; agreeably to reason; with good sense or judgment.
  • Within the bounds of reason; with good reason or cause; justly; properly.
  • To a reasonable extent; in a moderately good degree; fairly; tolerably.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a reasonable manner.
  • adverb Moderately; tolerably.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In accordance with reason.
  • adverb fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely
  • adverb quite; fairly; satisfactorily

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner
  • adverb to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

reasonable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • As a rule of thumb, any time you see the phrase "reasonably priced" in a piece of legislation, you can be confident it is proposing to subsidize something—giving to one group by taking from another.

    Fan and Fred: A Bad GOP Sequel Peter J. Wallison 2011

  • As a rule of thumb, any time you see the phrase "reasonably priced" in a piece of legislation, you can be confident it is proposing to subsidize something—giving to one group by taking from another.

    Fan and Fred: A Bad GOP Sequel Peter J. Wallison 2011

  • So far I am in reasonably good health, I don't need to take any medications regularly (knock on wood), I used to get a physical exam every year in Alaska when The Indian Health Service was paying for it, now that I have to pay for them I get one every 3 or 4 years at the Army hospital here in Cuernavaca.

    A birthday 2009

  • So far I am in reasonably good health, I don't need to take any medications regularly (knock on wood), I used to get a physical exam every year in Alaska when The Indian Health Service was paying for it, now that I have to pay for them I get one every 3 or 4 years at the Army hospital here in Cuernavaca.

    A birthday 2009

  • For about $40, one could buy an original Nintendo console in reasonably good shape.

    A Tour of Tokyo's Geek Paradise Yukari Iwatani Kane 2010

  • So far I am in reasonably good health, I don't need to take any medications regularly (knock on wood), I used to get a physical exam every year in Alaska when The Indian Health Service was paying for it, now that I have to pay for them I get one every 3 or 4 years at the Army hospital here in Cuernavaca.

    A birthday 2009

  • So far I am in reasonably good health, I don't need to take any medications regularly (knock on wood), I used to get a physical exam every year in Alaska when The Indian Health Service was paying for it, now that I have to pay for them I get one every 3 or 4 years at the Army hospital here in Cuernavaca.

    A birthday 2009

  • So far I am in reasonably good health, I don't need to take any medications regularly (knock on wood), I used to get a physical exam every year in Alaska when The Indian Health Service was paying for it, now that I have to pay for them I get one every 3 or 4 years at the Army hospital here in Cuernavaca.

    A birthday 2009

  • Everybody seems to be in reasonably good humor, and they'll be making the trip back to Ulladulla from Figtree shortly.

    Insert amusing Twitter-related title here. 2009

  • For medical devices, we could come in reasonably early.

    Q&A: What Venture Partner Philip Schlein Looks for in a Business Plan 2009

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