adjective
- Showing reason or sound judgment.
- usage: "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
- synonyms: reasonable
- Able to feel or perceive.
- usage: "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
- synonyms: sensitive
- Readily perceived by the senses.
- usage: "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor"
- Aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed. "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done- Edmund Burke
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