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Definition of Irrationally
1. Adverb. In an irrational manner. "They acted irrationally"
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irrationally
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irrationally
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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