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common-ˈsensical, a. Also commonsensical. [f. common sense + -ical.] Possessing or characterized by common sense. Hence common-sensiˈcality; common-ˈsensically adv.
1860Rutledge 155 A plain common⁓sensical statement of affairs. 1878Fraser's Mag. XVII. 802 There are some things fit to be stated oratorically, some poetically..some humorously, some commonsensically. 1887R. Cleland True to a Type I. 259 He was matter-of-fact and common-sensical to a degree. 1914W. J. Locke Fortunate Youth xix. 288 You were right about the Divine common-sensicality. 1927Observer 28 Aug. 9/4 This has always been a very commonsensical country. 1957Ibid. 15 Sept. 5/3 His mind is fundamentally commonsensical, but capable of carrying the implications of common sense into far, obscure and almost dreamlike regions. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 581/3 A hopeful commonsensicality takes the place of any depth or subtlety of argument. 1960‘M. Cronin’ Begin with Gun xiv. 162 The understanding commonsensical confidante. |