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

  • (..) I'll teach her to ride sidesaddle. And I'll buy her a blue velvet riding habit. She'll love that. A nice black broadcloth is what little girls wear. Now, Mammy, be reasonable. Well, I don't think it's fittin', but.... It ain't fittin', it just ain't fittin'. It ain't fittin'. Why, Scarlett! (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind