reasonable

Definition

  • adjective: fair and sensible
  • adjective: being in accordance with 'reason'
  • synonyms: just, equitable, suitable

Examples

  • I can speak French, or at least a 'reasonable facsimile' of French. [=I can speak French but not very well]

  • Please be more 'reasonable'. There is no way I'll be able to finish all this work in so little time.

  • We finished within a 'reasonable' [='acceptable'] amount of time.

Movie quotes

  • (..) aren't you? Here. Just to be sure, you can take my pack. Why, you son of a... Now, there comes a point when a reasonable man... ...will swallow his pride and admit that he's made a terrible mistake. The truth is, I was never a reasonable man. And what I recall of (..)
    2003 Big Fish