Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: reasoned
IPA transcription: [ɹ'izənd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: reasoned, sound, well-grounded
    Meaning: logically valid; "a sound argument"
Usage examples
  • That would account for it I reasoned, so--"
  • "Well, well," reasoned Defarge, "but one must stop somewhere.
  • So he reasoned, and at first took the accomplishment for granted.
  • He reasoned that he ought to reach the mining camp by four or five o'clock that afternoon.
  • "Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension.
  • It was reasoned if something happened to Chris, Amos might be able to carry out their mission by himself.
  • "I'll just drop down outside of the city," he reasoned, "for too much of a crowd gathers when I land in the street.
  • Still further, I reasoned that in my own climate of California I had always maintained a stable nervous equilibrium.
  • It cannot be!--as easily could I believe that the large silver lions at the top of the banqueting room thought and reasoned.
  • But how much better, so she reasoned, that the name and might of her house as rulers of Holland should be upheld by a brave and fearless knight.