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—reasonedly, adv./ree"zeuhnd/, adj.1. based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.2. containing reasons: a long, reasoned reply.[1675-85; REASON + -ED2]
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reasoned — reasoned; un·reasoned; … English syllables
reasoned — index deductive, deliberate, intentional, judicial, logical, premeditated Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
reasoned — rea|soned [ riznd ] adjective thought about and expressed in an intelligent and sensible way: a reasoned debate/argument a well reasoned newspaper article … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
reasoned — [[t]ri͟ːz(ə)nd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (approval) A reasoned discussion or argument is based on sensible reasons, rather than on an appeal to people s emotions. Abortion is an issue which produces a lot of sound and fury, but little reasoned… … English dictionary
reasoned — /ˈrizənd/ (say reezuhnd) adjective 1. guided by reason: a carefully reasoned decision. 2. logically thought out and presented: a reasoned reply …
Reasoned — Reason Rea son (r[=e] z n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reasoned} (r[=e] z nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reasoning}.] [Cf. F. raisonner. See {Reason}, n.] 1. To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reasoned — adj. Reasoned is used with these nouns: ↑argument, ↑debate … Collocations dictionary
reasoned — rea|soned [ˈri:zənd] adj [only before noun] based on careful thought, and therefore sensible = ↑logical ▪ reasoned argument … Dictionary of contemporary English
reasoned — adjective (only before noun) based on careful thought, and therefore sensible: a reasoned approach to the problem … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
reasoned — adjective you have drawn a reasoned conclusion Syn: logical, rational, well thought out, clear, lucid, coherent, cogent, well expressed, well presented, considered, sensible … Thesaurus of popular words
