unreasonably
/ʌnˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an unreasonable manner.
adv
To an unreasonable degree.
Example Sentences
- "He behaved unreasonably."
- "Fye, you confine your ſelfe moſt vnreaſonably: Come, you muſt go viſit the good Lady that lies in."
- "When I employ myself upon a paper of morality, I generally consider how I may recommend the particular virtue which I treat of, by the precepts or examples of the ancient heathens; by that means, if possible, to shame those who have greater advantages of knowing their duty, and therefore greater obligations to perform it, into a better course of life: besides that many among us are unreasonably disposed to give a fairer hearing to a pagan philosopher, than to a christian writer."
- "When thus gentle, Bessie seemed to me the best, prettiest, kindest being in the world; and I wished most intensely that she would always be so pleasant and amiable, and never push me about, or scold, or task me unreasonably, as she was too often wont to do."
- "Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”."
- "The team was given an unreasonably short amount of time to put together a presentation."
Etymology
From Middle English unresonably, equivalent to unreasonable + -ly, after resonably (whence reasonably) and (originally) Late Latin irratiōnābiliter.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: unresonably, irratiōnābiliter
Inflected Forms
more unreasonably (comparative)
most unreasonably (superlative)