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Definition: Sensibly |
SensiblyAdverb1. With good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner; "he acted sensibly in the crisis"; "speak more sanely about these affairs"; "acted quite reasonably". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sensibly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: SensiblySynonyms: reasonably (adv), sanely (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unreasonably (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sensibility | Adverb: sensibly; adj; to the quick, to the inmost core. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sensibly |
| English words defined with "sensibly": reasonably ♦ sanely. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sensibly": light-emitting resistor, listening key ♦ monitoring key ♦ neutral zone ♦ slow roll. (references) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | As if the main object were to talk fast and not to talk sensibly. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | But the circumstance which was most sensibly felt, and which his presence brought forcibly to the recollection of all, was the great cause in which we were engaged and the blessings which we have derived from our success in it. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The right approach to reform is to improve the individual statutes, where they need change, and to ensure that the regulatory agencies implement those statutes sensibly. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Sensibly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.55% of the time. "Sensibly" is used about 448 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.55% | 446 | 12,998 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.45% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 448 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
take off pound sensibly | 75 |
taking off pound sensibly | 18 |
losing sensibly weight | 11 |
off pound sensibly take top | 7 |
pound sensibly take | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sensibly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me arsye. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удобно (cosily), значително (considerably, greatly, notably, some, substantially, widely), забележимо (notably, visibly), благоразумно, практично (practically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | æ˜"察觉地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozumnì (reasonably, soberly, soundly), prakticky (practically, virtually). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sensiblement, raisonnablement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vernünftig (decent, decently, judicious, level headed, mature, maturely, moderate, properly, prudent, rational, rationally, reasonable, reasonably, right-minded, sane, sensible, sober, sober minded, sound, soundly, thinking, wise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνετώσ (wisely), αισθητώσ (appreciably, noticeably, perceptibly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | érzékelhetően (perceptively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 분별있. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dy keeallagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ensiblysay judicios (advised, advisedly, judgematic, judgematical, judicial, judicious, judiciously, sensible, well balanced). (various references) здраво (sanely, soundly). (various references) svesno (consciously, wittingly), razumno (logically, lucidly, rationally, reasonably), osetno (appreciably). (various references) razonablemente (reasonably, soundly). (various references) розумно (rationally, reasonably, well, wittily), відчутно (aloud). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | prudenter, prudentissime, prudentius, sane, sapienter, sobrie. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "sensibly": insensibly. (additional references) | |
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"Sensibly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nesseby, sesibly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sensibly" (pronounced se"nsublē) |
| 7 | -e" n s u b l ē | ostensibly. |
| 6 | -n s u b l ē | irresponsibly, responsibly. |
| 5 | -s u b l ē | flexibly, forcibly, impossibly, irreversibly, noticeably, passably, peaceably, possibly. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, charitably, comfortably, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, creditably, demonstrably, equitably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, impeccably, imperceptibly, implausibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, indisputably, inevitably, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresistibly, irretrievably, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, notably, palpably, plausibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, profitably, reasonably, recognizably, regrettably, reliably, remarkably, respectably, suitably, terribly, unacceptably, unaccountably, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncomfortably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unpredictably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly. |
| 3 | -b l ē | ably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-n-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: bylines, linseys, lysines. | |
-2 letters: byline, linsey, lysine, lysins, selsyn, sibyls. | |
-3 letters: biles, bines, bises, bless, bliss, byssi, inbye, isles, lenis, liens, lines, liney, lyses, lysin, lysis, sibyl, sines, snibs, snyes, sylis. | |
-4 letters: bels, bens, beys, bile, bine, bins, bise, blin, byes, inby, inly, isle, leis, lens, less, leys, libs, lien, lies, line, lins, liny. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-n-s-s-y" | |
+2 letters: insensibly, ostensibly. | |
+3 letters: brainlessly, responsibly, sensibility. | |
+4 letters: fibrinolyses, inaccessibly, isobutylenes. | |
+5 letters: indispensably, inexpressibly, insensibility, insusceptibly, irresponsibly, obsessionally, subserviently, substantively. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6E 73 69 62 6C 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e n s i b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006E 0073 0069 0062 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371808575687891 |
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