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reasonable
adverbs
perfectly/entirely reasonable
( also eminently reasonable formal ) (= completely reasonable )
• The proposal sounds perfectly reasonable.
reasonable enough
(= fairly reasonable )
• It was a reasonable enough question.
nouns
a reasonable explanation/excuse
• He tried to think of a reasonable excuse.
a reasonable request
• He had refused to obey a reasonable request from a senior member of staff.
a reasonable question
• Here is one possible answer to that very reasonable question.
a reasonable assumption
• It is a reasonable assumption that he pressed the wrong button.
reasonable grounds
(= good reasons )
• She must show that she had some reasonable grounds for her action.
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adj. VERBS appear, be, seem, sound | consider sth, judge sth, regard sth as, think sth ADV. eminently, extremely, very | entirely, perfectly, utterly The police apparently thought this explanation perfectly reasonable. | fairly, quite | enough Her request sounded reasonable enough to me. | apparently
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