Vocab: mõistlik - reasonable

reasonable; sensible; rational; someone who thinks broadly and acts wisely; reasonable given the circumstances (e.g. not too expensive, not excessively late)

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Building blocks

• mõist- → comes from the verb mõistma, which means "to understand" or "to grasp"

• -lik → an adjective-forming ending, that means "having the quality of" or "characterized by"

So, mõistlik literally means: "having understanding" or "characterized by reason"

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “mõistlik” ⬇️

Examples

Lahendus peab olema nii turvaline kui ka mõistlik

Literally: “Solution must to be both safe as well as reasonable”

Idiomatically: “The solution must be both safe and reasonable”

Lahendus - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Solution"
peab - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "must"
olema - Verb - ma-Infinitive: "to be"
nii - Adverb - Indeclinable: "both"
turvaline - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "safe"
kui ka - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "as well as"
mõistlik - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "reasonable"