adv
Meaning 1
In an unreasonable manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He behaved unreasonably.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unreasonably
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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ŭn-rēʹ-zən-ə-blē
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adv
Meaning 2
To an unreasonable degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The team was given an unreasonably short amount of time to put together a presentation.
- 1737, Jonathan Swift, Letter to Alderman Barber dated 30 March, 1737, in The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Edinburgh: J. Balfour, 1766, Volume 11, p. 126, Thus bishops, deans, and chapters, as well as other corporations, seldom or never let their lands even so high as half the value; and when they raise those rents which are unreasonably low, it is by degrees.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his prices are unreasonably high
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immoderately
Antonyms: reasonably
adverb
Meaning 4
not in a reasonable or intelligent manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she reacted unreasonably when she learned she had failed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: reasonably
History
Etymology
From Middle English unresonably, equivalent to unreasonable + -ly, after resonably (whence reasonably) and (originally) Late Latin irratiōnābiliter.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: déraisonnablement — in an unreasonable manner
- Portuguese: irracionalmente — in an unreasonable manner
- Swedish: orimligt — to an unreasonable degree
- Swedish: orealistiskt — to an unreasonable degree