Commonsensical

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Displaying common sense..

Example Sentences

Washington devised an eminently commonsensical plan for attacking British outposts at Germantown.

All the bowing and scraping was enough to make a cat laugh, but the Princess took it all in her stride — her demeanour commonsensical (didn't everyone who went by train get this sort of treatment?) and a shade demure.

And that is precisely the point—frames have the power to obscure the bigger picture, to narrowly and misleadingly define the problem, and to make imaginable only certain solutions. The commonsensical frames of fear, values, standards, and competition make it easy to overlook the deeper problems and to place all blame on teachres.

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• more commonsensical
• most commonsensical
• common-sensical

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