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reasonably, adv.|ˈriːz(ə)nəblɪ|
[f. as prec.]
1. According to reason, with good reason, justly, properly.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 102 Ricchesse riȝtfulliche ywonne and resonablelich yspended. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 66 He gave to man wit and resoun, knaulage and discrecioun to governe him resonably. a1533Ld. Berners Huon cxlix. 563 He wolde gyue hym as moche golde & syluer as he could resonably demaunde. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iii. iii. 74 Reasonably to consider aswel the time past, present, and too come. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvi. 150 One may very reasonably distinguish Laws in that manner. 1718Freethinker No. 87 ⁋9 He can reasonably blame only Himself. 1830Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. xiii. 302 The French Revolution is most happily over; never was anything French so reasonably conducted. 1879Lubbock Addr. Pol. & Educ. iii. 49 The results which we might reasonably expect from a more enlightened system of education.
2. At a reasonable rate; † to a reasonable extent.
a1400Morte Arth. 1508 Raunsone me resonabillye, as I may over reche, Aftyre my renttez in Rome may redyly forthire. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 191, xij⊇ causes enduceth a man to loue his wif reissonnabli and tempora[t]li. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme ii. li. 351 When you see that all the water is consumed..boile them altogither reasonablie.
3. a. Sufficiently, suitably, fairly.
c1502Joseph Arim. (E.E.T.S.) 47 Verely she was heled, and lefte her styltes thore, And on her fete wente home resonably well. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. (Arb.) 278 The Earle..could reasonably well speake French. 1638Junius Paint. Ancients 15 The helpe of a reasonably good wit. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 720 A town..reasonably well fortified, having therein a strong garrison. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ii, Their distress was reasonably great. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. v, There was a reasonably good path now.
†b. With vbs.: Fairly or pretty well. Obs.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 76 It is reported..that you are groune prettely skilled in Instruments whereon you play reasonably. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage vi. ii. (1614) 566 To which also the computation of Herodotus dothe agree reasonably in the time.
†4. Normally, naturally. Obs.—1
1615Crooke Body of Man 335 The Infant borne the seuenth month is reasonably borne and liueth.
5. Comb., as reasonably-priced, reasonably-sized adjs.
1902Daily Chron. 22 June 3/3 See that reasonably-priced meals are provided. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 77/3 A reasonably-priced flowmeter was necessary. 1968Fox & Mayers Computing Methods for Scientists & Engineers v. 76 That is if the elements of the inverse matrix A-1 are large for reasonably-sized A. |