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Difference between Reasonable to someone and Reasonable with someone

reasonable to someonesaid of smth. appearing moderate or sensible to a person:

  • The last session of Congress worked long and hard on this issue and their compromise seems to be reasonable to me.

reasonable with someonesaid of smb. trying to persuade a person in a judicious, way:

  • I try to be very reasonable with him; I understand he is growing up and away from us but this behavior makes life miserable for all of us.