Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or state of being sensible, in any sense of that word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility.
- noun Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
sensible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of showing good sense or practical judgment
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Examples
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Does the "sensibleness" of Dunga's squad perhaps symbolise the fact that Brazil considers itself a more "sensible" country these days?
Sócrates: 'Everyone who comes to Brazil falls in love with someone' Alex Bellos 2010
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This coalition, for all its early bleatings about moderation and nice-chap sensibleness, has turned out to be more coup d'etat than consensus.
NHS bans on operations gamble with patients' health, senior surgeon warns 2011
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Is it because there's too much invested in tying up this elaborate Gordian Knot of journalistic whimsy to risk the possibility that the Spooners might just slice right through it, with sensibleness?
Sherrod Scandal: Washington Post Finds It Impossible To Form Any Conclusions On The Incident 2010
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The nation needs a sane discussion of important issues to reinforce the sensibleness of Jon Stewart and to counteract the insane and senseless extremism screamed by the likes of Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh on far right and Keith Olbermann on the left.
Charles Warner: Bravo Bloomberg Editorials Charles Warner 2010
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The nation needs a sane discussion of important issues to reinforce the sensibleness of Jon Stewart and to counteract the insane and senseless extremism screamed by the likes of Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh on far right and Keith Olbermann on the left.
Charles Warner: Bravo Bloomberg Editorials Charles Warner 2010
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Is it because there's too much invested in tying up this elaborate Gordian Knot of journalistic whimsy to risk the possibility that the Spooners might just slice right through it, with sensibleness?
Sherrod Scandal: Washington Post Finds It Impossible To Form Any Conclusions On The Incident 2010
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Alleged theories with varying degrees of credence/sensibleness for slow removal are:
Ruralshire Constabulary lost data scandal! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Despite the sensibleness of the reform argument, I can't imagine that Brown will make much headway with this.
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Anyhoo, all questions as to the sensibleness of annoying my readers with this stuff aside, here's my list:
The Blog in 2008 2009
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"Manuel prefers to defend the sensibleness of a disciplined macro policy stance, by way of running a budget surplus and for monetary policy to apply inflation targeting," Bruggemans said.
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