sane
adjective/seɪn/
/seɪn/
(comparative saner, superlative sanest)
- having a healthy mind; not mentally ill
- No sane person would do that.
- Being able to get out of the city at the weekend keeps me sane.
Extra Examples- She seems perfectly sane to me.
- Having a joke and a laugh helps you stay sane.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- remain
- …
- completely
- perfectly
- quite
- …
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- sensible and reasonable
- the sane way to solve the problem
opposite insane see also sanity
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin sanus ‘healthy’.
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