reasonable Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective showing reason or sound judgment
sensible.
- a sensible choice
- a sensible person
adjective satellite not excessive or extreme
fairish; fair.
- a fairish income
- reasonable prices
adjective satellite marked by sound judgment
sane.
- sane nuclear policy

OE. resonable, F. raisonnable, fr. L. rationabilis. See Reason, n.

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.
Governed by reason; being under influence of reason; thinking, speaking or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.
By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not admit of any reasonable cause of doubting. Bp. Wilkins.

Men have no right to what is not reasonable. Burke.
Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price.
Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to you wings. Shak.
Syn. -- Rational; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable; moderate; tolerable. See Rational.