Sensible
Sensible adjective - Able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind.
Understanding is a synonym for sensible in aware topic. In some cases you can use "Understanding" instead an adjective "Sensible".
Understanding
Understanding adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.
Sensible is a synonym for understanding in aware topic. Sometimes you can use "Sensible" instead an adjective "Understanding".
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- Later exaggerated with Avery—she goes from understanding and sensible to wild the second her period started.
Source: All Periods Are PMS -
They aren't kind, but they are sensible, not usually sadistic (except when going on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge, as Theodora did at the end of the second volume), and if they are not good rulers per se, they at least have a good understanding of the Evil Overlord List.
Source: Literature / Belisarius Series -
In Circle of Magic, Tris is mistaken for a servant and is briefly annoyed before looking down at her nice but plain and sensible dress and understanding why someone might mistake her for a lady's maid.
Source: Mistaken for Servant
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