commonsensical
pronunciation
How to pronounce commonsensical in British English:
UK ['kɒmənˌsensɪkəl]
How to pronounce commonsensical in American English:
US ['kɒmənˌsensɪkəl]
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- Adjective:
- exhibiting native good judgment
Word Origin
- commonsensical (adj.)
- 1860, from common sense, with ending as in nonsensical, etc.
Example
- 1. All these precepts seem commonsensical enough .
- 2. Much of mr. howard 's advice is commonsensical and timeless : check your credit card statements carefully , comparison-shop for health care , that sort of thing .
- 3. I think women are more commonsensical than men .
- 4. So my conceptual framework deserves to be taken seriously-not because it constitutes a new discovery but because something as commonsensical as reflexivity has been so studiously ignored .
- 5. The worst you can say about his approach is that it is merely commonsensical : decide the issues case-by-case while holding some idea of values and interests in mind .