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sensibly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• [ˈsɛnsɪ̈bli]
• /ˈsɛnsəbli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English sensible Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English sensibly From sensible + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.
   • [...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...]. 1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184:
2. (dated, formal) In a way that can be sensed or noticed; perceptibly.
   • This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings. 1873, Thomas Wiltberger Evans, Edward A. Crane, John Swinburne, History of the American Ambulance Established in Paris During the Siege of 1870-71:
   • 4. P. californicum n. sp. Very similar in color and sculpture to seriatum. The form is, however, sensibly narrower, averaging very nearly two and one half times as long as wide, while in seriatum the length is ahout two and three- tenths times the width. 1905, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 31, page 216:
   • Time sensibly all things impairs. a. 1685, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, The Sixth Ode of the Third Book of Horace:

Forms

Deriveds

unsensibly

Translations (16)

pl rozsądnie (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · fr raisonnablement (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · ca assenyadament (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · hy խելոք (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · sh разумно (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · hy խելացի (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · it accortamente (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · fi mielekkäästi (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · fi järkevästi (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · la sapienter (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · it ragionevolmente (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · es prudentemente (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · sh razumno (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · it assennatamente (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · it sensatamente (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense) · bg разумно (in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense)