Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reasonably

/ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: rea-son-ably
IPA: /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In accordance with reason.

adv

Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely.

adv

Quite; to some extent.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"That car goes reasonably fast."

Etymology

From Middle English resonably, equivalent to reasonable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of rationably.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: resonably

Inflected Forms

more reasonably (comparative) most reasonably (superlative)

Synonyms

moderately pretty jolly somewhat fairly middling passably sanely sensibly

Rhymes With

unreasonably unseasonably

Questions

How do you pronounce reasonably?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/.
What does reasonably mean?: In accordance with reason.
Where does reasonably come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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