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Definition of Commonsensible
1. Adjective. Exhibiting native good judgment. "Unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated"
Similar to: Reasonable, Sensible
Derivative terms: Common Sense
Definition of Commonsensible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commonsensible
Literary usage of Commonsensible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1898)
"... Smith left nothing that we can read to-day"— we must own that in the main they
are able, commonsensible, and show a fine sense of rank and proportion. ..."
2. Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton (1909)
"But perhaps it is more commonsensible to be thankful for him as he is. As to
influence, it would seem modest ..."
3. Little Essays in Literature and Life by Richard Burton (1914)
"A close study of Samuel Clemens will reveal that other of his so-called vagaries
had the same commonsensible origin. He would not have been the great ..."
4. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee (1915)
"Now what more commonsensible than deliberately to import and colonize Vedalia in
the California orange and lemon orchards?—which was accordingly done, ..."
5. The Nationalist by Henry Willard Austin, John Storer Cobb, Nationalist Educational Association (1890)
"This confusion some opponents of the grand and ennobling, yet simple and
commonsensible, doctrines of Nationalism have already attempted to bring about. ..."
6. Beyond War: A Chapter in the Natural History of Man by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1912)
"It is human nature to be superstitious, to fear the unknown, to guess about it,
to symbolize and worship it. It is also human nature to be commonsensible, ..."
7. Marion Harland's Complete Cook Book: A Practical and Exhaustive Manual of by Marion Harland (1906)
"Resisting the temptation to dwell upon the many who never "get on to it," let us
look for the commonsensible basis of certain minor social usages which are ..."
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