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sensical | sensically |

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)
  • (neologism) That makes sense; showing internal logic; sensible.
  • * 1986 , Fred D'Agostino, Chomsky's System of Ideas , Clarendon Press, p. 189:
  • A nonsensical sentence, then, is one which is inconsistent with S'', while a sensical sentence is one which is consistent with ''S .
  • * 1998 , William Storm, After Dionysus: a theory of the tragic , Cornell University Press, p. 41
  • It contains no intrinsic propositions concerning whether its effects are sensical or not.
  • * 2001 , Alexandra Styron, All the Finest Girls , Back Bay, p. 127:
  • There I waited, exiled from the realm of sensical thoughts, for Lou's sons to find me.
  • * 2004 , John C. Welchman, Mike Kelley: Minor Histories , MIT Press, "Introduction", p. xxii:
  • So it starts with the sensical , and through shifts in syntax and cadence, goes completely abstract.

    Antonyms

    * nonsensical

    Anagrams

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    sensically

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a sensical way; reasonably, sanely.
  • * 1994 , Terence Odlin, Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar
  • 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.