REASONABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reasonably mean? 

• REASONABLY (adverb)
  The adverb REASONABLY has 2 senses:

1. to certain extent or degree

2. with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner

  Familiarity information: REASONABLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REASONABLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To certain extent or degree

Synonyms:

fairly; jolly; middling; moderately; passably; pretty; reasonably; somewhat

Context example:

he is fairly clever with computers

Antonym:

unreasonably (to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation)

Pertainym:

reasonable (not excessive or extreme)

Sense 2

Meaning:

With good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner

Synonyms:

reasonably; sanely; sensibly

Context example:

acted quite reasonably

Antonym:

unreasonably (not in a reasonable or intelligent manner)

Pertainym:

reasonable (marked by sound judgment)

 Context examples 

It did come, and exactly when it might be reasonably looked for.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

N-Nitrosomethylvinylamine is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(N-Nitrosomethylvinylamine, NCI Thesaurus)

N-Nitrosomorpholine is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(N-Nitrosomorpholine, NCI Thesaurus)

Nitrilotriacetic acid is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Nitrilotriacetic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

She saw that Enscombe could not satisfy, and that Highbury, taken at its best, might reasonably please a young man who had more retirement at home than he liked.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It is considered to be reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(N-Nitrosodiethylamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Disperse blue 1 is a mutagen and is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(CI Disperse Blue 1, NCI Thesaurus)

These molecules are extremely common in the universe and in early solar systems, and they could reasonably compose the atmosphere of a hot Jupiter.

(Cooking up Alien Atmospheres on Earth, NASA)

This is also the earliest snake to be found in a forest environment, suggesting that snakes had become reasonably biodiverse by the Cretaceous.

(Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar, Wikinews)

Any studies (usually immunologic or virologic) that, although not directly concerned with AIDS, could reasonably be expected to contribute information useful in understanding or combatting AIDS.

(AIDS-Indirect Research, NCI Thesaurus)