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Webster 1913 Edition


Sensibly

Sen′si-bly

,
adv.
1.
In a sensible manner; so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind; appreciably; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively.
What remains past cure,
Bear not too
sensibly
.
Milton.
2.
With intelligence or good sense; judiciously.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sensibly

SENS'IBLY

,
adv.
1. In a manner to be perceived by the senses; perceptibly to the senses; as pain sensibly increased; motion sensibly accelerated.
2. With perception, either of mind or body. He feels his loss very sensibly.
3. Externally; by affecting the senses.
4. With quick intellectual perception.
5. With intelligence or good sense; judiciously. The man converses very sensibly on all common topics.

Definition 2024


sensibly

sensibly

English

Adverb

sensibly (comparative more sensibly, superlative most sensibly)

  1. In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.
  2. (dated or formal) In a sensible manner; in a way that can be sensed, noticed: perceptibly.
    • Roscommon
      Time sensibly all things impairs.
    • 1905, in the Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 31, page 216:
      4. P. californicum n. sp.
      Very similar in color and sculpture to seriatum. The form is, however, sensibly narrower, averaging very nearly two and one half times as long as wide, while in seriatum the length is ahout two and three- tenths times the width.

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