Definition of Irrationally

1. Adverb. In an irrational manner. "They acted irrationally"

Partainyms: Irrational
Antonyms: Rationally

Definition of Irrationally

1. adv. In an irrational manner.

Definition of Irrationally

1. Adverb. In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason; absurdly. ¹

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Definition of Irrationally

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irrationally

irradicating
irratable
irrational
irrational hostility
irrational impulse
irrational motive
irrational number
irrational numbers
irrationalism
irrationalisms
irrationalist
irrationalistic
irrationalists
irrationalities
irrationality
irrationally
irrationalness
irrationals
irreal
irrealis
irrealis mood
irrealism
irrealisms
irrealistic
irrealities
irreality
irreceptive
irreclaimable
irreclaimably

Literary usage of Irrationally

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... our people never find either their climate, their women, or their government good enough for them ; Irrationally COMPLAINING of a lot caft fo as to ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the public universally connects a yellow tint with richness in cream,— quite irrationally, as the milk of many cows gives butter as white as tallow, ..."

3. A Comparative Display of the Different Opinions of the Most Distinguished (1811)
"... Mr.Chrif- irrationally and immorally. It is to degrade him from the dignity of rational nature, and to make him no more than a ..."

4. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Patrick Branwell Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"by turns gentle and raiding; exacting yet generous; fearless—of her mother, for instance, whose irrationally hard and strict rule she has often defied—yet ..."

5. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... our people never find either their climate, their women, or their government good enough for them ; Irrationally COMPLAINING of a lot caft fo as to ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the public universally connects a yellow tint with richness in cream,— quite irrationally, as the milk of many cows gives butter as white as tallow, ..."

7. A Comparative Display of the Different Opinions of the Most Distinguished (1811)
"... Mr.Chrif- irrationally and immorally. It is to degrade him from the dignity of rational nature, and to make him no more than a ..."

8. The Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë, Patrick Branwell Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë (1896)
"by turns gentle and raiding; exacting yet generous; fearless—of her mother, for instance, whose irrationally hard and strict rule she has often defied—yet ..."

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