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

  • (..) where he's buried. Here's the pension form. Sign it, please. Out! Go home! We can't have another show! lt's late. Be reasonable. We can't show it again! Some people sat through it twice! We've been waiting for an hour! Tomorrow we'll have another movie. (..)
    1988 Cinema Paradiso