sensible
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wise, down-to-earth, shrewd, logical, practical, judicious, sane, rational, sober, prudent, intelligent, astute, attentive, aware, canny, cognizant, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, conversantExamples from the Web for sensible
Contemporary Examples of sensible
And in an environment where time is money, hooking up with an escort just might be the sensible thing to do.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) SexAurora Snow
January 3, 2015
In The Sense of Style, Steven Pinker settles a war among the scolds with a sensible approach to usage.
The White House just launched a major initiative to implement a more modern, sensible drug policy.
Why Isn’t Prison Justice on the Ballot This Tuesday?Inimai Chettiar, Abigail Finkelman
November 1, 2014
The sensible answer is no, but di Giovannni gleaned much from those three years.
Writing—the next movie, the labels—is a sensible thing for a man grown distrustful of the camera to do.
Historical Examples of sensible
Then we wonder that respect for the law shows a sensible decrease!
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
"My aunt will treat the affair like the sensible woman she is," replied the earl.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
It is the sensible schemes, unfortunately, that are hopeless in England.
A Treatise on Parents and ChildrenGeorge Bernard Shaw
When a master does not consider what he is doing, a sensible servant should set him right.
The Imaginary InvalidMolire
All foreigners break their wives' hearts—Nelly's a sensible girl!
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark