irrationally
/ɪəˈɹæ.ʃə.nə.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Financial behaviourists state that market valuation breaks away from economic rationales of fundamental data if three conditions are met: firstly, investors behave irrationally in great numbers; secondly, irrational behaviour is not random but systematic; thirdly, rational investors' abilities are constrained in that arbitrage position can correct biases from intrinsic value."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English irrational Middle English -ly English -ly English irrationally From irrational + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more irrationally (comparative)
most irrationally (superlative)