ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Irrationally

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Irrationally is an adverb meaning In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

Some people that irrationally hate the military as a whole *might* just qualify as well.
“I’m instructing you and my client to avoid all interrogation. Roosevelt is on strong narcotics for pain and could answer irrationally. I don’t want him held accountable for something he may say while under the adverse effects of narcotics.’[’] I said lawyerly.
For some reason when I compare King to a living Shakespeare people think I'm joking, or that I'm wrong, but I truly believe this. […] Stephen King's biggest fear is adverbs. He irrationally hates them. So much so that the preceding sentence just made him cringe.
He was not sure that he wanted to see the Countess Olenska again; but ever since he had looked at her from the path above the bay he had wanted, irrationally and indescribably, to see the place she was living in, and to follow the movements of her imagined figure as he had watched the real one in the summer-house.

Synonyms for irrationally

Depending on context, synonyms include absurdly.

Antonyms for irrationally

Common opposites include rationally.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unreasonably, illogically, reasonlessly, alogically, rationally, unlogically.

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