Sanely — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner

in a sane or lucid manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈeɪnli/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈeɪnli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈeɪnli/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈeɪnli/.

Examples

he acted sensibly in the crisis
speak more sanely about these affairs
acted quite reasonably

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reasonably sensibly

Antonyms

unreasonably insanely

Parts of Speech

adverb	with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner “he acted sensibly in the crisis”
adverb	in a sane or lucid manner “she is behaving rather sanely these days even though we know she is schizophrenic”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vernünftig

mit gesundem Menschenverstand oder auf vernünftige oder intelligente Weise

🇫🇷French

sainement

avec bon sens ou de manière raisonnable ou intelligente

🇪🇸Spanish

sanamente

con buen sentido o de manera razonable o inteligente

🇮🇹Italian

sanamente

con buon senso o in modo ragionevole o intelligente

🇳🇱Dutch

gezond

met gezond verstand of op een redelijke of intelligente manier

🇵🇹Portuguese

sensatamente

com bom senso ou de maneira razoável ou inteligente

🇷🇺Russian

разумно

со здравым смыслом или разумным или разумным образом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

समझदारी से

अच्छी समझ के साथ या उचित या बुद्धिमान तरीके से

🇧🇩Bengali

বিচক্ষণভাবে

ভাল অর্থে বা যুক্তিসঙ্গত বা বুদ্ধিমান উপায়ে

🇮🇳Tamil

புத்திசாலித்தனமாக

நல்ல உணர்வுடன் அல்லது நியாயமான அல்லது புத்திசாலித்தனமான முறையில்

🇮🇳Telugu

తెలివిగా

మంచి అవగాహనతో లేదా సహేతుకమైన లేదా తెలివైన పద్ధతిలో

🇮🇳Marathi

समजूतदारपणे

चांगल्या अर्थाने किंवा वाजवी किंवा बुद्धिमान रीतीने

🇮🇳Gujarati

સમજદારીપૂર્વક

સારી સમજ સાથે અથવા વાજબી અથવા બુદ્ધિશાળી રીતે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿವೇಕದಿಂದ

ಉತ್ತಮ ಅರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಸಮಂಜಸವಾದ ಅಥವಾ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സുബോധത്തോടെ

നല്ല വിവേകത്തോടെ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ന്യായമായ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ബുദ്ധിപരമായ രീതിയിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਮਝਦਾਰੀ ਨਾਲ

ਚੰਗੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਂ ਵਾਜਬ ਜਾਂ ਬੁੱਧੀਮਾਨ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

سمجھداری سے

اچھی سمجھ کے ساتھ یا معقول یا ذہین انداز میں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

理智地

具有良好的判断力或以合理或明智的方式

🇯🇵Japanese

正気で

良識をもって、または合理的または知的な方法で

🇰🇷Korean

제정신으로

좋은 의미로 또는 합리적이거나 지능적인 방식으로

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tỉnh táo

với ý thức tốt hoặc một cách hợp lý hoặc thông minh

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างมีสติ

ด้วยสติปัญญาอันดีหรืออย่างมีเหตุผลหรืออย่างมีสติปัญญา

🇮🇩Indonesian

secara masuk akal

dengan akal sehat atau dengan cara yang masuk akal atau cerdas

🇵🇭Filipino

matino

may mabuting kahulugan o sa isang makatwiran o matalinong paraan

🇲🇾Malay

secara waras

dengan akal yang baik atau dengan cara yang munasabah atau bijak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عاقل

بالحس السليم أو بطريقة معقولة أو ذكية

🇮🇷Persian

عاقلانه

با عقل خوب یا به شیوه ای معقول یا هوشمندانه

🇹🇷Turkish

aklı başında

sağduyulu veya makul veya akıllı bir şekilde

🇮🇱Hebrew

בשפיות

עם שכל טוב או בצורה סבירה או אינטליגנטית

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