sencible

Adjective

sensible (comparative more sensible, superlative most sensible or (rare or archaic) sensiblest)

1. Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
   • They ask questions of someone who thinks he's got something sensible to say on some matter when actually he hasn't.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 230b

   Synonyms:

   reasonable

2. Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
   • I only wear high heels on formal occasions; otherwise, I prefer sensible shoes.
3. (especially, formal) Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.
   • For Plato the belief in sensible objects is fallible.

   Synonyms:

   perceptible, appreciable, detectable

   Antonyms:

   insensible, imperceptible, unappreciable, undetectable

4. (archaic) Able to feel or perceive.
   • Would your cambric were sensible as your finger.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
5. (archaic) Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive.
   • a sensible thermometer
6. (archaic) Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.

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