commonsensical en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English common sense Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English commonsensical From common sense + -ical.
Meanings
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Displaying common sense.
Washington devised an eminently commonsensical plan for attacking British outposts at Germantown.
1973, Samuel Redsecker II Slaymaker, Captives' Mansion: An American Family Chronicle Covering Nine Generations and Two Hundred Years in a Pennsylvania Rural Manor, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 39:And that is precisely the point—frames have the power to obscure the bigger picture, to narrowly and misleadingly define the problem, and to make imaginable only certain solutions. The commonsensical frames of fear, values, standards, and competition make it easy to overlook the deeper problems and to place all blame on teachres.
2015, Kevin K. Kumashiro, Bad Teacher! How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture, page 43:All the bowing and scraping was enough to make a cat laugh, but the Princess took it all in her stride — her demeanour commonsensical (didn't everyone who went by train get this sort of treatment?) and a shade demure.
2013, Robert Barnard, Death and the Princess:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more commonsensical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most commonsensical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| common-sensical | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
pl zdroworozsądkowy (without sense) · sh zdravorazumski (without sense)