sensible
adj.adj. showing good judgment and making choices based on reason rather than emotion. You use this to describe someone who is practical and can be trusted to do the right thing.
adj. possessing or displaying prudent judgment; practical and functional rather than decorative or impulsive. Often used to describe decisions, behavior, or clothing.
It is sensible to save some money every month.
She wore sensible shoes for the long walk across the city.
A sensible approach to the budget crisis involves cutting non-essential spending while protecting the core services that the community relies upon daily.
From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).
Typically precedes the noun it modifies or follows a linking verb like 'be' or 'seem'.
He is very sensible to criticism.He is very sensitive to criticism.Learners often confuse 'sensible' (practical/wise) with 'sensitive' (easily affected or hurt), especially if their native language has a cognate like 'sensible' that means 'sensitive'.