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sensible

sen·sible

UK/ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/ US/ˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩/ fairly common formal

adjective

1.

showing reason or sound judgment

  • “a sensible choice”
  • “a sensible person”
2.

able to feel or perceive

  • “even amoeba are sensible creatures”
  • “the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid;”
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3.

acting with or showing thought and good sense

  • “a sensible young man”
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4.

marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

  • “judicious use of one”
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  • “;”
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5.

readily perceived by the senses

  • “the sensible universe”
  • “a sensible odor”
6.

aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed

  • “made sensible of his mistakes”
  • “I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling” Henry Hallam
  • “sensible that a good deal more is still to be done” Edmund Burke
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7.

proceeding from good sense or judgment

  • “a sensible choice”
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Origin

From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).

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