common-sensical
See also: commonsensical
English
editAdjective
editcommon-sensical (comparative more common-sensical, superlative most common-sensical)
- Alternative form of commonsensical
- 1841, Catherine Gore, Cecil, or, The Adventures of a Coxcomb:
- But plain, rational, common-sensical conversation, uttered by an agreeable girl […] , wraps one round with a consciousness of comfort and repose.
- 2008 April 19, Arnold Zwicky, “And/or or both”, in Language Log:
- Most people seem to take the common-sensical view that or sometimes functions inclusively and sometimes exclusively, and this is the position that the OED takes.