illogicallyadv.
/ɪˈlɒdʒɪkəli/ In an illogical manner; without reference or recourse to logical reasoning.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adverb]
unlogically1610
inconsequently1635
illogically1660
bass-ackwardsa1865
alogically1900
bass-ackward1902
backasswards1951
backassward1961
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated ii. 54 They..most illogically confound the relations of agencie and patiencie in the same subject.
1752 W. Warburton Serm. xiii, in Wks. IX. (R.) He would infer, and not illogically on such a..Principle, that [etc.].
1869 Spectator 24 July 861 The affair..was settled English fashion, illogically and stupidly, but finally.
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