sensible

/ˈsensɪbl/ adjective

Definition

JUDGMENT › showing good judgment: a sensible decision [+ to do sth] Wouldn't it be more sensible to leave before the traffic gets bad? She's only thirteen but she's very sensible.

PRACTICAL › having a practical purpose: sensible shoes/clothes

sensibly adverb › to eat/behave sensibly sensibly dressed for the weather

(Definition of sensible adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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