as in kindly
with good reason or courtesy
I expect to be treated reasonably by the clerks when I shop at a store
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Recent Examples of reasonably
Crowds are minimal, accommodation low-key and reasonably priced, and crisp mornings turn hiking trails and scenic byways into a near-secret.
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AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Here was an artist who had stared death in the face and lived to write reasonably well about it.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Zach Orr’s defense played reasonably well at times Sunday and was let down by a sloppy offense.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The Sharks and Ducks combined for nine goals, including four on the power play, and eight minor penalties through the first two periods, a reasonably accurate good indication that this was in the second game of the season for both teams.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
That concept involves packing as large a sensor as possible into a reasonably small camera.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
The co-parenting seems to go reasonably smoothly, with a minimum of rancor.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Registration is still open for the forum, which is very reasonably priced for attendees.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Fidell questioned how the replacement JAGs could reasonably do their job, when they are exposed to the political rhetoric handed down from Hegseth and the White House.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Here was an artist who had stared death in the face and lived to write reasonably well about it.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Zach Orr’s defense played reasonably well at times Sunday and was let down by a sloppy offense.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The Sharks and Ducks combined for nine goals, including four on the power play, and eight minor penalties through the first two periods, a reasonably accurate good indication that this was in the second game of the season for both teams.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
That concept involves packing as large a sensor as possible into a reasonably small camera.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
The co-parenting seems to go reasonably smoothly, with a minimum of rancor.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Registration is still open for the forum, which is very reasonably priced for attendees.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Fidell questioned how the replacement JAGs could reasonably do their job, when they are exposed to the political rhetoric handed down from Hegseth and the White House.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonably
Adverb
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James is one of them, though his kindly attempts to be there for Linda, as amateur repairman and reluctant babysitter, have a way of backfiring, usually on himself.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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The writer dreamed of someday being remembered kindly—hopefully by Americans.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Hawke sells all of Hart’s delusions, destructive impulses, and high-velocity downward spirals with an energy that keeps this bitchy, old-school collection of bon mots and screwball bickering moving along nicely.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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The finished dish is buttery, super-savory, nicely glazed, and irresistible.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Its work focuses on compressing large language platforms, or LLMs, and creating smaller models, in the belief that most consumers and business customers can do just fine with lower-powered but thoughtfully designed AI that needs less power and fewer chips to run.—
Vivienne Walt,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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The tool is thoughtfully made with circular openings of varying sizes, with a rubber grip, to open small, medium, or large jars in seconds.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Reasonably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonably. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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