sensibly
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈsɛnsəbli/
Adverb

sensibly

  1. In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.
  2. (dated or formal) In a way that can be sensed or noticed; perceptibly.
    • Time sensibly all things impairs.
    • 1873, Thomas Wiltberger Evans, ‎Edward A. Crane, ‎John Swinburne, History of the American Ambulance Established in Paris During the Siege of 1870-71
      This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings.
    • 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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