Standard Lemma guide

reasonably

adv · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/
  • /ˈɹiːz.nə.bli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY1 Z AH0 N AH0 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In accordance with reason.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They were able handle their disagreements reasonably.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The shoes were reasonably priced.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Quite; to some extent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • That car goes reasonably fast.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • pretty big
  • pretty bad
  • jolly decent of him
  • the shoes are priced reasonably
  • he is fairly clever with computers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably

Antonyms: unreasonably

5

adverb

Meaning 5

with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he acted sensibly in the crisis
  • speak more sanely about these affairs
  • acted quite reasonably

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sanely, sensibly

Antonyms: unreasonably

History

Etymology

From Middle English resonably, equivalent to reasonable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of rationably.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِشَكْل مَنْطِقِيّ (bi-šakl manṭiqiyy) — in accordance with reason
  • Armenian: ողջամտորեն (oġǰamtoren) — in accordance with reason
  • Armenian: բանականորեն (banakanoren) — in accordance with reason
  • Bulgarian: разумно (razumno) — in accordance with reason
  • Bulgarian: логично (logično) — in accordance with reason
  • Catalan: raonablement — in accordance with reason
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合理的 (hélǐ de) — in accordance with reason
  • Czech: rozumně — in accordance with reason
  • Dutch: redelijkerwijs — in accordance with reason
  • Finnish: järkevästi — in accordance with reason
  • French: raisonnablement — in accordance with reason
  • German: vernünftig — in accordance with reason
  • Hungarian: észszerűen — in accordance with reason
  • Italian: ragionevolmente — in accordance with reason
  • Portuguese: razoavelmente — in accordance with reason
  • Russian: разу́мно (razúmno) — in accordance with reason
  • Spanish: razonablemente — in accordance with reason
  • Vietnamese: hợp lý — in accordance with reason
  • Arabic: بشكل معقول — not extremely
  • Armenian: չափավոր (čʻapʻavor) — not extremely
  • Bulgarian: умерено (umereno) — not extremely
  • Catalan: raonablement — not extremely
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公道的 (gōngdào de) — not extremely
  • Dutch: redelijk — not extremely
  • Finnish: kohtuullisesti — not extremely
  • Finnish: kohtuullisen — not extremely
  • French: raisonnablement — not extremely
  • German: halbwegs — not extremely
  • Italian: ragionevolmente — not extremely
  • Portuguese: razoavelmente — not extremely
  • Russian: уме́ренно (umérenno) — not extremely
  • Spanish: razonablemente — not extremely
  • Vietnamese: vừa phải — not extremely
  • Armenian: խելամտորեն (xelamtoren) — fairly
  • Bulgarian: доста (dosta) — fairly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 适当的 (shìdàng de) — fairly
  • Dutch: redelijk — fairly
  • Esperanto: sufiĉe — fairly
  • Finnish: oikeudenmukaisesti — fairly
  • French: justement — fairly
  • German: einigermaßen — fairly
  • Irish: réasúnta — fairly
  • Italian: giustamente — fairly
  • Portuguese: justamente — fairly
  • Russian: справедли́во (spravedlívo) — fairly
  • Spanish: razonablemente — fairly
  • Spanish: justamente — fairly
  • Vietnamese: khá — fairly
Real reading context

reasonably in complete knowledge articles