Meaning & use
sensical
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Making sense; sensible or logical (an informal back-formation from 'nonsensical').
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His explanation was finally sensical after he drew a diagram.
None of the instructions felt sensical until the second reading.
A note on using this word
Considered informal and nonstandard by many style guides; it exists mainly because people reverse-engineered it from 'nonsensical,' even though 'sensible' is the traditional word for this meaning.
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