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reasonably

/ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/ adverb B2
  1. In accordance with reason. · They were able handle their disagreements reasonably.
  2. Fairly; satisfactorily; not extremely. · The shoes were reasonably priced.
  3. Quite; to some extent. · That car goes reasonably fast.
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At one time he thought he was saved, for he heard the brigadier exclaim in a loud voice, to the two gendarmes, “He is not here!” But venturing to peep, he perceived that the latter, instead of retiring, as might have been reasonably expected upon this announcement, were watching with increased attention.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 984 · C1
“Some day thou wilt remember me.” Then he turned aside to tell Bagheera how he had begged the Master Words from Hathi the Wild Elephant, who knows all about these things, and how Hathi had taken Mowgli down to a pool to get the Snake Word from a water-snake, because Baloo could not pronounce it, and how Mowgli was now reasonably safe against all accidents in the jungle, because neither snake, bird, nor beast would hurt him.
The Jungle Book, p. 32 · B2
My data were coming more quickly than I could have reasonably hoped.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 18 · B2
“Well, that’s all we could reasonably expect from Morse Hudson,” said Holmes, as we emerged from the shop.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 81 · C1

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