sane
adjective
free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind.
saner
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comparativeof sane.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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It’s a concept borrowed from restaurant service — those end-of-night tasks that set you up for a smoother, saner start the next day — and it immediately appealed to me.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
The tournament long known as March Madness has a problem: It has never been saner than it is right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Alouette’s attempts to reclaim her work result in her consignment to Salpetrière, a much-dreaded place for the mentally afflicted, where the cruel guards may or may not be saner than the inmates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Indira, with the saner follow-up: “Dorothy, don’t get in the fight.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
I was also thinking that, as cooler observers around me had been cautioning, it would probably be saner, cheaper, and easier for Jesse to try for the University of Illinois in the fall.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
