reasonablenessn.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 353 (MED) Cause is noon oþer þan þi greet resonabilnes and þi greet rouþe and compassioun vpon oure weri burþen.

c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 128 God, of his gentilnes and of his resonablenesse, puttith not us to a governance whiche we mowe not do.

1533 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge 168 b Lette your goodnes or resonablenes be som refuge or succour vnto my folyshnes.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2182/1 I haue heard you talke this houre and a halfe, and can heare no reasonablenes in hym.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 95 A settled Moderation and Reasonableness of Temper.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Conscionableness, equity, reasonableness.

1862 C. Kingsley Alton Locke (rev. ed.) Pref. p. xix The self-restraint, the reasonableness, the chivalrous honour of the men.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xii. 379 For the right inculcation of the method and secret of Jesus, we need the epieikeia, the sweet reasonableness, of Jesus.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 83/3 We must use all our wits and our patience, all our reasonableness and courage.

1995 Times 3 Apr. 15/3 Reasonableness is breaking out all over as they hunt the quarry nicknamed Middle Britain.

?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aij^v These folke lyuen lyke bestes without any resonablenes.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum ii. vi. 231* Reasonablenesse is in man vniuersally.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 16 Porphiry..and some others have been bold to make reasonableness not the specifical difference of the Humane Nature.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 125 (MED) Þou muste nedis, as it seemeþ for resonabilnes þerof ordeyne þat mannys soule departid fro his body be..aȝen joyned..to a body.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 44 Y am wel plesid þat þese..pointis..be þus clepid ‘resonable fleischlihode’ and ‘resonable worldlihode’, but ȝitt..þis resonabilnesse is includid in eche moral vertu.

1568 Queen Elizabeth I Instr. to Commissioners in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 10 (modernized text) They shall..judge thereby the reasonableness of the things propounded.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B4^v May not I presume a little further, to shew the reasonablenes of this worde Vates?

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. ii. 44 The reasonablenesse or unreasonablenesse of this we determine not.

1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 302 To the reasonableness of this, several of the wisest heathens have attested.

1712 Spectator No. 524. ⁋2 A serious Reflection on the Reasonableness of Virtue, and great Folly of Vice.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xli. 23 He saw the reasonableness of her fear.

1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. ii. ii. 74 All have been impressed with the reasonableness of the maxim which teaches that those who sow ought to be permitted to reap.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 60 To acknowledge the reasonableness of my remarks.

1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 80 §9 (1) Precluded from disputing the reasonableness of any damages recovered from or paid by the owner.

1953 Federal Suppl. (U.S.) 107 527/2 Absent federal legislation upon the subject, states may, within limits of reasonableness, regulate the use of their highways.

2001 Church Times 16 Mar. 6/2 Investigations into the reality of God and Christian beliefs should conform to criteria of reasonableness, and should not be self-authorised by scripture or the church.

1711 Law of Covenants xxx. 274 The Court must judge, if the expences were necessary or convenient, or not, and also upon the Reasonableness of the Price.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. xiii. 265 They had no Objection to the Reasonableness of the Bill, but many to the Probability of paying it. View more context for this quotation

1813 Guide Watering Places 289 The reasonableness of this place, joined to the beauty of its situation, draws to it a considerable number..during the season.

1872 J. Henry Resources State Arkansas 45 The fertility of the soil, reasonableness in price of lands, healthfulness of climate,..[etc.], present advantages to the immigrant that can be afforded nowhere else.

1971 Gourmet Feb. 14/2 The immaculate premises of the restaurant are in seventeenth-century style, and regional cooking is from central France. Prices are the epitome of reasonableness.

1995 Times (Nexis) 21 Feb. He had no power to determine the reasonableness of the connection charges levied by MANWEB once those charges had been paid.

2005 J. Dicker United States of Wal-Mart iv. 83 We are not good consumers. We're not shopping for reasonableness..because we're not paying any of the money.