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unreasonably

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un·rea·son·a·ble  (n-rz-n-bl)
adj.
1. Not governed by reason: an unreasonable attitude.
2. Exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate: unreasonable demands. See Synonyms at excessive.
un·reason·a·ble·ness n.
un·reason·a·bly adv.
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Adv.1.unreasonablyunreasonably - not in a reasonable or intelligent manner; "she reacted unreasonably when she learned she had failed"
sanely, sensibly, reasonably - with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner; "he acted sensibly in the crisis"; "speak more sanely about these affairs"; "acted quite reasonably"
2.unreasonablyunreasonably - to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation; "his prices are unreasonably high"
immoderately
fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat - to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
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Much, no doubt, will strike the reader as quaint and limited but upon much the writer may not unreasonably plume himself.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
On the supposition that Pearl, as already hinted, was of demon origin, these good people not unreasonably argued that a Christian interest in the mother's soul required them to remove such a stumbling-block from her path.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
And, as for me, if, by any possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me; if I shall ever deserve any real repute in that small but high hushed world which I might not be unreasonably ambitious of; if hereafter I shall do anything that, upon the whole, a man might rather have done than to have left undone; if, at my death, my executors, or more properly my creditors, find any precious MSS.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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