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Example sentences for "reasonably"

Lexicographically close words:
reascended; reascending; reason; reasonable; reasonableness; reasone; reasoned; reasoner; reasoners; reasoneth
  1. As it is, the writing for the voices in Pelléas never, as one might reasonably suppose, becomes monotonous.

  2. It is laborers of education and natural intelligence, reasonably satisfied with their conditions, inspired with certain ideals of life, and with a growing sense of self-respect and self-reliance.

  3. The present condition of the Negro in America is better than the history of slavery proves we might reasonably expect.

  4. The Cape Verdes is the only group of Atlantic Islands as to which we may be reasonably sure that the mediaeval discovery at least was not made before Prince Henry's lifetime.

  5. When the pilot can make reasonably close right and left turns, he is told to make figure eights.

  6. He assisted the king to discover on which side victory might be reasonably expected to turn, and showed him how much safer it would be to trust to the friendship of the Romans rather than rely on that of Antiochus.

  7. Dreams depend in part on the state of the air; that which has power over the passions may reasonably be presumed to have power over the thoughts of men.

  8. Many conclusions did I form, and many experiments did I try, to determine from which of those tickets I might most reasonably expect riches.

  9. Aiming to produce an unaffected and easy style of fiction, enlivened by incidents of every-day interest, it falls far short of the standard to which it aspires, as one would reasonably suppose.

  10. In such a house a portion of Thackeray's fortune might be reasonably invested.

  11. At such a game the snipers on the banks, concealed as they would be, could reasonably be expected to run up quite a list of casualties on the boat.

  12. All he had to go by was the surface of the water, and it told him a true tale as long as it was reasonably placid.

  13. The view, however, was one which could not be reasonably sustained, in spite of all the ingenuity and eloquence of one of the most celebrated advocates of the country.

  14. For such a future as this I would sacrifice all that I have without a moment's hesitation, could I be reasonably assured of it.

  15. In fact it was a career from which retreat was virtually impossible, and into which young men were generally induced to enter before they could be reasonably expected, considering their training, to have formed any opinions of their own.

  16. Still, Father Tiebout would scarcely have suggested sending her to them unless he had felt reasonably certain that they would show her kindness.

  17. If we have no trouble in getting out I think we can feel reasonably sure that the Headman doesn't care whether we worry Domingo or not," he said.

  18. They'd be reasonably well treated, and get wages at the factories there.

  19. Now I fancy we have got what we wished for--and, perhaps, a little more than could reasonably have been expected.

  20. He had pledged himself to set them at liberty, he said, and his friend would take them to a country where negroes were reasonably paid for their services, and, unless they deserved it, very seldom beaten.

  21. Darkness was creeping up from the eastwards when Desmond sat poring over a section of a large-scale chart which had proved to be a reasonably accurate guide to the physical features of that littoral.

  22. To say nothing meant that he must leave Mrs. Ratcliffe a free hand, but he had sufficient knowledge of that lady's capabilities to feel reasonably sure that she would succeed in marrying the girl to one of the men in spite of him.

  23. After all, there is a subtle concord between mind and body, and in that land, at least, the fever-shaken white man who persists in staggering on under a burden greater than he can reasonably bear is apt to be suddenly crushed by it.

  24. That she would be willing to restore him to the other woman at her peril was, after all, rather more than one could reasonably have expected from her.

  25. He has been taught drastically that any objection he might reasonably make would certainly be futile and very apt to produce unwished-for results.

  26. That Ada Ratcliffe had no great love for him he now felt reasonably sure, but it was clear that she and her mother expected him to marry her, and, since she had kept faith with him, he could not break the pledge he had given her.

  27. It was a crucial test of faith, for it seemed that these half-naked bushmen had a confidence in his comrade which no one acquainted with the customs of the country could reasonably have expected of them.

  28. We ought to be reasonably careful, and then go boldly forward in the peace of God.

  29. The doubt which may be reasonably felt and expressed as to the consistency of their attitude reflects no discredit on them personally.

  30. We ought so to limit our desires that what we want for ourselves we can reasonably expect also for others.

  31. They have weathered the storm, and may reasonably expect peace.

  32. I mean by big, a solid, well-established concern, that offers a reasonably good career to its employes.

  33. The evils, however, to England which may be reasonably anticipated from the political separation of the two countries may be summed up under three heads.

  34. That the doctrine of nationality is, when reasonably put, conformable with obvious principles of utility may be readily admitted; but it is a doctrine which can only be accepted with considerable qualifications.

  35. If a man says that he prefers the loss of his right hand to the loss of his life, he cannot reasonably be charged with making light of amputation.

  36. Certainly the book seemed interestingly written, and she read an argument or two that appeared reasonably presented.

  37. But what we can do is to reduce that danger to a minimum, so that, humanly speaking, we are reasonably and sufficiently safe.

  38. One of these, by way of the Ottawa and Mattawa rivers, had the drawback of an overland portage, but on the other hand the whole route was reasonably safe from interruption by Iroquois or English attack.

  39. In the selection of mushrooms to eat, great caution should be employed by those who are not reasonably familiar with the means of determination of the species, or those who have not an intimate acquaintance with certain forms.

  40. It may be reasonably doubted, however, if vanity had not something to do with this--the vanity of appearing as a philosophical writer, and astonishing the friends who had considered him only as a good comedian.

  41. For instance, one cannot reasonably hope to keep a story short if it is about several persons and involves a conflict of their characters or fates.

  42. A small goods box will make a very passable letter file, and a cigar box, the kind that fifty come in, can be made into a reasonably useful card-index tray.

  43. One might reasonably have expected an ordinary sort of man to have been discouraged by such an experience, but a good many of our Red Cross men over there were quite far removed from being ordinary men.

  44. The apparatus was durable and reasonably "fool-proof.

  45. This is well thought and well put, although many of us might demand that novels should be more than "reasonably true.

  46. To be so, they must be reasonably true to the human comedy; and any work that is so serves the turn of instruction.

  47. You may reasonably decline to provide such adjuncts or accessories to Anglican worship as pulpits and litany-desks, service-books and altar-cloths, lecterns and candlesticks.

  48. The feeders may be placed under cover out in the fields or kept in the hog house if the latter is reasonably near the pasture lots.

  49. To grow such beef properly animals must be given a good healthy start, growth must not be interrupted and must be reasonably rapid, and the condition of flesh in which they are kept must be higher than for breeding uses.

  50. And repeat the treatment at reasonably frequent intervals to insure complete freedom from the trouble makers.

  51. After this mass of concurrent and independent testimony, it cannot reasonably be doubted that the Gibbons commonly and habitually assume the erect attitude.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reasonably" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    cheap; discreetly; enough; intelligently; judiciously; knowingly; moderately; nominally; practically; pretty; rationally; reasonably; wholesale; wisely