sensible.
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
Meaning & usage
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
I only wear high heels on formal occasions; otherwise, I prefer sensible shoes.
Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.
For Plato the belief in sensible objects is fallible.
Able to feel or perceive.
Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive.
a sensible thermometer
Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.
Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.
Where this word comes from
From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).
Sensation; sensibility.
That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible.
That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.
Where this word comes from
From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).
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