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irrationally
[ ih-rash-uh-nl-ee, -rash-nl- ]
adverb
- in a way that is contrary to reason or is not sensible; illogically:
In firing a highly competent CEO without cause, the Board acted unlawfully, unreasonably, and irrationally.
Stick to your simple calculation and logic, even when markets are behaving irrationally.
- in a way that is driven by impulse or instinct rather than reason; without having or being able to use the faculty of reason:
When a reporter started poking around, the suspect began acting irrationally and took off like a wild animal.
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Origin of irrationally1
Example Sentences
He's abandoning Ukraine, which he irrationally hates, probably because he associates it with his humiliating first impeachment.
I can sometimes get irrationally upset by movies with an incredible premise that is poorly executed.
Daniel Kahnemann suggested that, on the contrary, they often act irrationally, based on instinct.
Because baseball fandom is built on this — on over-analysis; on mornings spent sifting box scores, comparing and irrationally concluding.
A few days before these shootings, I was setting up for a journalism event in the Central District and heard what I first irrationally thought were a flurry of fireworks.
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