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单词 unreasonably
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unreasonablyadv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈriːzn̩əbli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈriːz(ə)nəbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈrizn̩əbli/, /ˌənˈriznəbli/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and reasonably adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unreasonable adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < unreasonable adj. + -ly suffix2, after reasonably adv.Originally after post-classical Latin irrationabiliter in a manner not based upon reason (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian).
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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