sensibly
/ˈsɛnsəbli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.
Example Sentences
- "[...] 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, [...]."
- "Time sensibly all things impairs."
- "This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings."
- "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."
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.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more sensibly (comparative)
most sensibly (superlative)