Entry Word: reasoned

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 based on sound reasoning or information <a candidate with a reasoned stance on this important issue> — see good 1
2 being or provable by reasoning in which the conclusion follows necessarily from given information <given the information you have, that is the only reasoned solution to the problem> — see deductive
3 decided on as a result of careful thought <arrived at a well-reasoned position on the issue that took both sides into account> — see deliberate 1