common-sensical

A form of commonsensical — Displaying common sense.

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Meanings

adjectivecommon-sensical (comparative more common-sensical, superlative most common-sensical)

comparative more common-sensical · superlative most common-sensical

  1. alternativeAlternative form of commonsensical.

    But plain, rational, common-sensical conversation, uttered by an agreeable girl […], wraps one round with a consciousness of comfort and repose.

    1841, Catherine Gore, Cecil, or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb
    1 more example

    Most people seem to take the common-sensical view that or sometimes functions inclusively and sometimes exclusively, and this is the position that the OED takes.

    2008 April 19, Arnold Zwicky, “And/or or both”, in Language Log
Cite this entry
APA

common-sensical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common-sensical

MLA

“common-sensical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common-sensical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common-sensical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common-sensical.

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