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sensibly

/ˈsɛnsəbli/

sensibly adverb: in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.

Adverb

sensibly (comparative more sensibly, superlative most sensibly)

  1. In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.
    • [...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184
  2. (dated, formal) In a way that can be sensed or noticed; perceptibly.
    • Time sensibly all things impairs.a. 1685, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, The Sixth Ode of the Third Book of Horace
    • This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings.1873, Thomas Wiltberger Evans, Edward A. Crane, John Swinburne, History of the American Ambulance Established in Paris During the Siege of 1870-71

sensibly meaning in Bengali

sensibly in Bengali

বুদ্ধিমানের মতো, কাণ্ডজ্ঞান সহকারে

Examples of sensibly in a sentence

  • I plan to eat sensibly, just smaller portions, and cut out comfort food entirely."
  • The female species simply doesn’t have the genetic makeup to deal sensibly with it.
  • This sensibly eases the programmer task and allows for more aggressive optimisations of the global program structure.

All 10 example sentences with sensibly

Forms of sensibly

comparativemore sensibly
superlativemost sensibly

Origin of sensibly

From sensible + -ly.

Words formed from sensibly

Questions about sensibly

What does sensibly mean?
Sensibly means in a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.
What is sensibly in Bengali?
Sensibly in Bengali is বুদ্ধিমানের মতো, কাণ্ডজ্ঞান সহকারে. See Sensibly meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is sensibly?
Sensibly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce sensibly?
Sensibly is pronounced /ˈsɛnsəbli/.

Words near sensibly in the dictionary

  1. sensibilizing
  2. sensible
  3. sensibleness
  4. sensibles
  5. sensiblest
  6. sensibly
  7. sensical
  8. sensically
  9. sensie
  10. sensifacient
  11. sensiferous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sensibly (page history and authors); sensibly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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