"reasonable" meaning in English

See reasonable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/ Audio: en-us-reasonable.ogg [US] Forms: reasonable [positive], more reasonable [comparative], most reasonable [superlative]
Etymology: reason + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|reason|able}} reason + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A reasonable amount or number is not too much or too big.
    Sense id: simple-reasonable-en-adj-2JAfATaG
  2. If something is reasonable, it is fair and sensible.
    Sense id: simple-reasonable-en-adj-2Jnoyv~i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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