Sensible

/ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability..

Definitions by Sense

1. Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
2. Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
3. (especially formally) Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.
4. (archaic) Able to feel or perceive.
5. (archaic) Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive.
6. (archaic) Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.
7. (archaic) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.
8. (obsolete) Sensation; sensibility.

Example Sentences

They ask questions of someone who thinks he's got something sensible to say on some matter when actually he hasn't.

I only wear high heels on formal occasions; otherwise, I prefer sensible shoes.

1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust (2001 Perennial Edition), page 8, They would walk, on fair evenings, around the village, and discuss the theory of crop rotation, and the weather, and other such sensible matters.

“Delightful vision! A comfortable armchair, situated in three different draughts, at every ballroom; and nice, large, sensible shoes for all the couples to stumble over as they go into the veranda!”

She was a pleasant-looking woman of about forty, with a deep voice, almost manly in its stentorian tones, and had a large sensible square body, with feet to match—these last encased in good thick boots.

Settle down, raise a family, join the PTA Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet

For Plato the belief in sensible objects is fallible.

Air is sensible to the Touch by its Motion, and by its Resistance to Bodies moved in it.

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• more sensible
• most sensible
• sensiblest
• sensibles

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