Sensical vs Sensically - What's the difference?
sensical | sensically |
(neologism) That makes sense; showing internal logic; sensible.
* 1986 , Fred D'Agostino, Chomsky's System of Ideas , Clarendon Press, p. 189:
* 1998 , William Storm, After Dionysus: a theory of the tragic , Cornell University Press,
* 2001 , Alexandra Styron, All the Finest Girls , Back Bay,
* 2004 , John C. Welchman, Mike Kelley: Minor Histories , MIT Press, "Introduction",
In a sensical way; reasonably, sanely.
* 1994 , Terence Odlin, Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar
As an adjective sensical
is that makes sense; showing internal logic; sensible.As an adverb sensically is
in a sensical way; reasonably, sanely.sensical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A nonsensical sentence, then, is one which is inconsistent with S'', while a sensical sentence is one which is consistent with ''S .
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- It contains no intrinsic propositions concerning whether its effects are sensical or not.
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- There I waited, exiled from the realm of sensical thoughts, for Lou's sons to find me.
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- So it starts with the sensical , and through shifts in syntax and cadence, goes completely abstract.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "sensical")Antonyms
* nonsensicalAnagrams
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English
Adverb
(en adverb)- We cannot sensically say: "you must wait, if you like"; nor can we say sensically "if you like" with any of the other three clauses in Table 2.