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sane

 (sān)
adj. san·er, san·est
1. Of sound mind; mentally healthy.
2. Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.

[Latin sānus, healthy.]

sane′ly adv.
sane′ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.sanely - with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner; "he acted sensibly in the crisis"; "speak more sanely about these affairs"; "acted quite reasonably"
2.sanely - in a sane or lucid manner; "she is behaving rather sanely these days even though we know she is schizophrenic"
crazily, dementedly, insanely, madly - in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly"
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Translations
بِعَقْلٍ، بِصورَةٍ مَعْقولَه
rozumně
fornuftigt
skynsamlega

sanely

[ˈseɪnlɪ] ADVsensatamente
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sanely

[ˈseɪnlɪ] adv (act, speak) → in modo sensato
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sane

(sein) adjective
1. not mad. in a perfectly sane state of mind.
2. sensible. a very sane person.
ˈsanely adverb
ˈsanity (ˈsӕ-) noun
the state or quality of being sane. I am concerned about her sanity.
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References in classic literature ?
Thy shrunk voice sounds too calmly, sanely woful to me.
Heaven knows, unless it is that the persistent clicking of that unfathomable enigma out there in the vast silences of the Sahara has so wrought upon my nerves that reason refuses longer to function sanely.
I can always think most sanely and clearly in the open air.
Then, more sanely, he concluded himself gone overboard.
Tristram, scolding him for the scanty tidings he had sent to his friends of the Avenue d'Iena, and begging to be definitely informed that he had not concocted any horrid scheme for wintering in outlying regions, but was coming back sanely and promptly to the most comfortable city in the world.
Was I bewitched, that my mind refused to function sanely, and that judgment and reason were dethroned by some mad sentiment which I steadfastly refused to believe was love?
I had uttered prayers, fetish prayers, had prayed as heathens mutter charms when I was in extremity; but now I prayed indeed, plead- ing steadfastly and sanely, face to face with the darkness of God.
Despite the almost aggressive touch of luxury in the fur coat, it soon became apparent that Sir Walter's large leonine head was for use as well as ornament, and he considered the matter soberly and sanely enough.
From acting outraged feelings, Freddie Drummond, in the role of his other self, came to experience genuine outrage, and it was only when he returned to the classic atmosphere of the university that he was able, sanely and conservatively, to generalize upon his underworld experiences and put them down on paper as a trained sociologist should.
The mere utterance of it could damn any scheme, no matter how sanely conceived, of economic amelioration or regeneration.
You always say I am so sanely rooted to the earth and reality and all that, but--perhaps it's superstition, I don't know--but the whole occurrence, the messages of Planchette, the possibility of my father's hand, I know not how, reaching, out to Ban's rein and hurling him and you to death, the correspondence between my father's statement that he has twice attempted your life and the fact that in the last two days your life has twice been endangered by horses--my father was a great horseman--all this, I say, causes the doubt to arise in my mind.
So just stop shooting yourselves in the foot and fumble for the high road, the place where we can sanely advocate on the issues again.