Rationally
['ræʃənli]
Definition
(adv.) In a rational manner.
Editor: Rosalie
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Reasonably.
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Examples
- I would be quiet if he liked, and as to talking rationally, I flattered myself I was doing that now. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In English, they had been under my own charge, and hard work it was to get them to translate rationally a page of _The Vicar of Wakefield_. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There she spoke very rationally. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Our most elaborate and rationally consistent thought has to be tried in the world and thereby tried out. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Knowledge, grounded knowledge, is science; it represents objects which have been settled, ordered, disposed of rationally. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Elton may talk sentimentally, but he will act rationally. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Would I be quiet and talk rationally? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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