reasonably en · ADV
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English resonably, equivalent to reasonable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of rationably.
Meanings
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In accordance with reason.
They were able handle their disagreements reasonably.
Nineteen Eighty-Four was written in 1949. Its nightmarish fictional world is now 37 years in the past, so one might reasonably conclude that Orwell was far too pessimistic, but his great book was less a prediction than a warning, and above all an analysis of the totalitarian mentality.
2021 January 5, Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Sustainable Newspeak by 2050”, in Financial Post:
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Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely.
The shoes were reasonably priced.
Fanny said she would drive to Center Campobello, but Dubin in his laryngitic voice told her he was reasonably sure he could make it to her after another week.
1979, Bernard Malamud, chapter 7, in Dubin’s Lives:
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Quite; to some extent.
That car goes reasonably fast.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more reasonably | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most reasonably | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (48)
hy ողջամտորեն (in accordance with reason) · pt razoavelmente (not extremely) · ru разу́мно (in accordance with reason) · vi vừa phải (not extremely) · cmn 适当的 (fairly) · cs rozumně (in accordance with reason) · de halbwegs (not extremely) · ar بشكل معقول (not extremely) · bg логично (in accordance with reason) · hy բանականորեն (in accordance with reason) · pt justamente (fairly) · ga réasúnta (fairly) · fi järkevästi (in accordance with reason) · es razonablemente (fairly) · de vernünftig (in accordance with reason) · ca raonablement (in accordance with reason) · es razonablemente (in accordance with reason) · it ragionevolmente (in accordance with reason) · fr raisonnablement (not extremely) · bg доста (fairly) · hy խելամտորեն (fairly) · vi hợp lý (in accordance with reason) · fi kohtuullisen (not extremely) · bg умерено (not extremely) · nl redelijk (not extremely) · it giustamente (fairly) · pt razoavelmente (in accordance with reason) · fi kohtuullisesti (not extremely) · vi khá (fairly) · cmn 合理的 (in accordance with reason) · es justamente (fairly) · ar بِشَكْل مَنْطِقِيّ (in accordance with reason) · hu észszerűen (in accordance with reason) · ru справедли́во (fairly) · it ragionevolmente (not extremely) · hy չափավոր (not extremely) · ca raonablement (not extremely) · bg разумно (in accordance with reason) · fr raisonnablement (in accordance with reason) · ru уме́ренно (not extremely) · fi oikeudenmukaisesti (fairly) · eo sufiĉe (fairly) · cmn 公道的 (not extremely) · nl redelijkerwijs (in accordance with reason) · fr justement (fairly) · de einigermaßen (fairly) · nl redelijk (fairly) · es razonablemente (not extremely)