Meanings
comparative more reasonably · superlative most reasonably
- In accordance with reason.
They were able handle their disagreements reasonably.
1 more example
Nineteen Eighty-Four was written in 1949. Its nightmarish fictional world is now 37 years in the past, so one might reasonably conclude that Orwell was far too pessimistic, but his great book was less a prediction than a warning, and above all an analysis of the totalitarian mentality.
2021 January 5, Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Sustainable Newspeak by 2050”, in Financial Post - Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely.
The shoes were reasonably priced.
1 more example
Fanny said she would drive to Center Campobello, but Dubin in his laryngitic voice told her he was reasonably sure he could make it to her after another week.
1979, Bernard Malamud, chapter 7, in Dubin’s Lives - Quite; to some extent.
That car goes reasonably fast.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbto certain extent or degree
adverbwith good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishresonably
- Englishreasonably
From Middle English resonably, equivalent to reasonable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of rationably.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بِشَكْل مَنْطِقِيّ, بشكل معقول
- بِشَكْل مَنْطِقِيّ (bi-šakl manṭiqiyy)in accordance with reason
- بشكل معقولnot extremely
Bulgarian разумно, логично
- разумно (razumno)in accordance with reason
- логично (logično)in accordance with reason
- умерено (umereno)not extremely
- доста (dosta)fairly
Catalan raonablement, raonablement
- raonablementin accordance with reason
- raonablementnot extremely
Chinese Mandarin 合理的, 公道的
- 合理的 (hélǐ de)in accordance with reason
- 公道的 (gōngdào de)not extremely
- 适当的 (shìdàng de)fairly
Czech rozumně
- rozumněin accordance with reason
Dutch redelijkerwijs, redelijk
- redelijkerwijsin accordance with reason
- redelijknot extremely
- redelijkfairly
Esperanto sufiĉe
- sufiĉefairly
Finnish järkevästi, kohtuullisesti
- järkevästiin accordance with reason
- kohtuullisestinot extremely
- kohtuullisennot extremely
- oikeudenmukaisestifairly
French raisonnablement, raisonnablement
- raisonnablementin accordance with reason
- raisonnablementnot extremely
- justementfairly
German vernünftig, halbwegs
- vernünftigin accordance with reason
- halbwegsnot extremely
- einigermaßenfairly
Hungarian észszerűen
- észszerűenin accordance with reason
Irish réasúnta
- réasúntafairly
Italian ragionevolmente, ragionevolmente
- ragionevolmentein accordance with reason
- ragionevolmentenot extremely
- giustamentefairly
Portuguese razoavelmente, razoavelmente
- razoavelmentein accordance with reason
- razoavelmentenot extremely
- justamentefairly
Russian разу́мно, уме́ренно
- разу́мно (razúmno)in accordance with reason
- уме́ренно (umérenno)not extremely
- справедли́во (spravedlívo)fairly
Spanish razonablemente, razonablemente
- razonablementein accordance with reason
- razonablementenot extremely
- razonablementefairly
- justamentefairly
Vietnamese hợp lý, vừa phải
- hợp lýin accordance with reason
- vừa phảinot extremely
- kháfairly
Cite this entry
reasonably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reasonably
“reasonably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reasonably. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reasonably,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reasonably.
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