commonsensicaladj.
/ˌkɒmənˈsɛnsᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌkɑmənˈsɛnsək(ə)l/ Reasonable, sensible; possessing or characterized by common sense; appealing to or in accordance with instinctive understanding or sound judgement.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [adjective]
wittyc1380
perceivedc1425
sensible?a1439
sober-minded1534
staida1555
sonsy1568
mother-witted1593
unfoolish1603
capable1609
sober1619
hard-headed1779
commonsensical1792
sensical1795
sober-minded1811
common-sensible1813
savvy1826
common sensed1834
level1869
level-headed1879
square-headed1896
1792 Let. 20 Mar. in Belfast Politics (1794) 162 The doctrine of natural rights is plain, simple, commonsensical.
1812 W. S. Dickson Narr. Confinem. & Exile 180 Under any commonsensical government, poor, neglected, despised, insulted, and oppressed Ireland might be rendered the most productive and valuable islet which the ocean encircles.
1860 M. C. Harris Rutledge xi. 155 She gave me a plain commonsensical statement of affairs.
1927 Observer 28 Aug. 9/4 This has always been a very commonsensical country.
1960 ‘M. Cronin’ Begin with Gun xiv. 162 The understanding commonsensical confidante.
2008 Outlook Profit 8 Aug. 35/3 This commonsensical advice is given by brilliant investors like Warren Buffett.
Derivatives
commonsensiˈcality n. the state or quality of being commonsensical.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun] > possession of
sensibleness1642
hard-headedness1819
commonsensicality1842
level-headedness1876
square-headedness1930
1842 C. G. F. Gore Cecil (ed. 2) I. p. viii The conversation-men invited to enliven a dinner party, ought to be turned out of the room after the first course; unless, like Cecil, wise enough to subside by degrees into common-sensicality.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 581/3 A hopeful commonsensicality takes the place of any depth or subtlety of argument.
2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 15 May d6 There's a great deal of old-fashioned commonsensicality involved in the Slow philosophy.
commonˈsensically adv. in a commonsensical manner; (also) from a commonsensical point of view.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [adverb]
sensibly1578
commonsensically1828
common-sensibly1849
common-sensely1850
hard-headedly1881
1828 J. Randolph Speech on Retrenchm. Resol. 22 It often and most generally is the fact, that, in proportion as a proposition is logically or mathematically true, it is politically and commonsensically (or rather nonsensically) false.
1878 Fraser's Mag. June 802/2 There are some things fit to be stated oratorically, some poetically,..some humorously, some commonsensically.
1952 Economist 12 July 80/2 The situation can always be resolved commonsensically.
2013 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 11 Aug. 23 It is, common-sensically, harder to integrate new arrivals if they arrive en masse than if they come in moderate numbers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1792