reasonableness

[ UK /ɹˈiːzənəbə‍lnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈɹizənəˌbəɫnəs, ˈɹiznəˌbəɫnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. moderation in expectations
    without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!
  2. the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
    the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices
    the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately
  3. goodness of reason and judgment
    the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges
  4. the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
    he questioned the tenability of my claims
  5. the state of having good sense and sound judgment
    his rationality may have been impaired
    he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions

How To Use reasonableness In A Sentence

  • the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges
  • Huge virtuous say:"The idea is in the compound body of reasonableness and sensitive faculty that presents for an instant.
  • Honesty is the sum of sincerity, reasonableness, truthfulness, and fairness – honesty is the virtuous strength that overcomes deceit, deception and lying. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • Although identified as a fierce partisan, he received high marks from members of both political parties for his hard work, reasonableness, and eloquent oratory.
  • I know that as they get older they will start to compare notes about my unreasonableness and/or incipient battiness. Times, Sunday Times
  • In discussing British and American legislation related to stalking and cyberstalking, for example, Bocij considers the concept of a test of reasonableness.
  • He took a vacation to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, with “an attractive companion,” and made another trip home, where my grandfather noticed what he called a “sweet reasonableness” interrupted only by a moment of high tension “due possibly to the three harum-scarum children who were visiting.” Into the Story
  • At home, I have been wandering round in a state of mild, unfocussed irritation, which is all the more irritating on account of its unreasonableness.
  • Its nannyish reasonableness catches his voice well. Times, Sunday Times
  • _Reasonableness_, instead of French _ivresse_, or even Shakespearian The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing
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