sane
adjective
free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind.
sanest
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superlativeof sane.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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“The sanest way forward — you have to learn how to split yourself up into other selves, like an earthworm,” her mentor advised her years earlier, when she was about to graduate.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022
And they remind us that sometimes the sanest means of processing sorrow and fear is to find ways to joke about them.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021
“Having a therapist has taught me to be less cruel to myself. It’s not like therapy has made me the world’s sanest person; it’s just made me slightly less insane.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
In this, Satie was the sanest of eccentrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
He tottered across the roof tiles, spraying his fig trees like it was the safest, sanest procedure in the world.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
