sensible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Showing good judgement; reasonable and practical.

   Buying a small, cheap car was a sensible choice for a student.

2. 2
   adj

   Useful and practical rather than attractive or fashionable, especially of clothing.

   For the long hike she wore sensible shoes instead of heels.

3. 3
   adj

   Aware of something through feeling or understanding.

   I was made sensible of my mistakes by my teacher.

From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).

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