单词 | unreasonably |
释义 | unreasonablyadv. 1. In a manner not guided by or based upon reason, good sense, or sound judgement; unjustifiably; illogically. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adverb] mazely?c1225 out of (all) reasonc1390 unreasonablya1398 senseless1565 irrationally1652 irrationably1657 unreasoningly1835 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. xi. 161 Somme weneþ þat þey schullen dye anon vnresonabliche [L. irrationabiliter]. 1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 278 An evyll rewlyd felawschep..fard ryth fowle wyth þe vndyr-scheryfe, and on-resnably as I herd sey. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 10 To passe ouer all the rest, which are much more vnreasonably foolish, Plato himself..vainly erreth in his round globe. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. v. 27 Else Reason doth unreasonably determine me not to Marry. 1729 W. Law Serious Call x. 143 Do but suppose a man acting unreasonably. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xiii. 321 Said Quentin, not unreasonably offended at the turn thus given to his gallantry. 1940 L. Robinson in S. Gwynne Scattering Branches iv. 63 The only art to which he was almost wholly insensitive was music, and musicians as a body he quite unreasonably disliked. 2011 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 4 May c1 Feld's lawyers describe his sister as narcissistic and prone to ‘temper tantrums’ during which she behaves unreasonably, yells obscenities and becomes extremely aggressive. 2. To an unreasonable extent; excessively, immoderately. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately too971 unimeteOE unmethelyOE overmetec1225 un-i-methc1225 unmeetly?c1225 unmethc1225 overgarta1333 outrageouslya1387 outrageousc1390 unreasonablyc1400 outragelya1425 unmoderately?a1425 inordinatelyc1450 unrulilyc1456 dismeasurably1474 immoderately1482 overharda1500 unreasonable1535 furiously1555 intemperately1576 overliberally1578 unconscionably1583 unconscionable1596 exorbitantlya1635 undulya1779 owdaciously1848 c1400 Apocalypse St. John: B Version (Harl. 171) (1971) 56 Erþeli þingis, wiþ which holi chirche owiþ to be susteyned in þis deedli lijf, & not coueite hem vnresonabili [v.r. vnresonnably oute of mesure]. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 6 §2 If..the same Collectours..unresonably delay or tary the said Marchauntes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 78 Fye, you confine your selfe most vnreasonably . View more context for this quotation 1704 F. Atterbury Rule of Doing 3 To Grant that to Others, which We our selves perhaps..might be Willing enough, unreasonably willing, to Obtain from Them. 1839 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VII. lii. 109 A nation..unreasonably jealous of its military expenditure. 1938 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside viii. 58 The July night was unreasonably cold. 2009 D. Carrison From Bureau to Boardroom viii. 230 Even if that ‘sweetheart’ hasn't always quite lived up to the unreasonably high expectations of youth, the original fire continues to warm the heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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