sensible

non·sen·si·bly, adverbo·ver·sen·si·ble, adjectiveo·ver·sen·si·ble·ness, nouno·ver·sen·si·bly, adverbun·sen·si·ble, adjectiveun·sen·si·ble·ness, nounun·sen·si·bly, adverb

Synonym study

1. See practical.

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Examples from the Web for 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) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In The Sense of Style, Steven Pinker settles a war among the scolds with a sensible approach to usage.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With|Nick Romeo|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sensible answer is no, but di Giovannni gleaned much from those three years.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else|Allen Barra|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Writing—the next movie, the labels—is a sensible thing for a man grown distrustful of the camera to do.
The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70|Peter Richmond|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But if Obama and Biden were sensible about not arming Syrian moderates, the same cannot be said for their policy toward Iraq.
Exposed: The White House’s Professor-in-Chief|Jonathan Alter|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her father was uneasy about her; he feared she was either ill or unhappy, and consulted his sensible old mother.
The Gold that Glitters|Emily Sarah Holt
I am sensible that it will meet with almost as many critics as readers.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son|The Earl of Chesterfield
She's quite dropped her fine-lady airs and subsided into a sensible being.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891|Various
He was quite fluent and sensible, although his voice sounded remote in his own ears.
Viviette|William J. Locke
But each has his motive pardieu, and a sensible motive is mine.
Faithful Margaret|Annie Ashmore

British Dictionary definitions for sensible

sensible

/ (ˈsɛnsɪbəl) /

adjective

having or showing good sense or judgmenta sensible decision

(of clothing) serviceable; practicalsensible shoes

having the capacity for sensation; sensitive

capable of being apprehended by the senses

perceptible to the mind

(sometimes foll by of) having perception; awaresensible of your kindness

readily perceived; considerablea sensible difference

noun

Also called: sensible note a less common term for leading note

Derived Forms

sensibleness, nounsensibly, adverb

Word Origin for sensible

C14: from Old French, from Late Latin sēnsibilis, from Latin sentīre to sense

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Medicine definitions for sensible

sensible

[ sĕn′sə-bəl ]

adj.

Perceptible by the senses or by the mind.

Having the faculty of sensation; able to feel or perceive.

Having a perception of something; cognizant.