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Sane   /seɪn/   Listen
adjective
Sane  adj.  
1.
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; said of the mind.
2.
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; said of persons.
Synonyms: Sound; healthy; underanged; unbroken.





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"Sane" Quotes from Famous Books



... about the world a great deal and taken active part in many a stirring scene he had always been a clean man. Born and bred on a Dakota farm, he was still the typical country boy, big and vigorous in physique, with a sane, wholesome outlook ...
— The Easiest Way - A Story of Metropolitan Life • Eugene Walter and Arthur Hornblow
... it lead to if it were real? Nothing but sorrow and parting and regret. For his career still mattered to him, he knew, now that he was in his sane senses again, more than anything else in the world. And he could not burden himself with a poor, uninfluential girl as a wife, even though the joy of it ...
— Halcyone • Elinor Glyn
... was certain the humour was at her expense. It annoyed her, and at the same time it rather frightened her. Was it possibly a madman?—for assuredly the chuckles became madder and madder as they increased. Besides which, what sane person would be out of bed and giggling at such an hour? The thought of a lunatic or two at large lurking round the house was discomforting indeed. In England, with fast-barred doors and windows that are supposed to be unassailable, it would not be pleasant; but here—where ...
— Queensland Cousins • Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
... "Have I told my fiancee about it?" he mocked. "Why it was she who sent me the circular in the first place! But, 'tell her about it'? Why, man, in ten thousand years, and then some, how could I make any sane person understand?" ...
— Molly Make-Believe • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
... "A safe, sane and interesting book which it would be well for every young woman to read. It deserves a wide circulation."—The ...
— Herself - Talks with Women Concerning Themselves • E. B. Lowry


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