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rationably

rationably adverb: rationally, reasonably.

Adverb

rationably (comparative more rationably, superlative most rationably)

  1. (archaic) Rationally, reasonably.
    • By this Hypotheſis there is no one experiment of colour that I have yet met with, but may be, I conceive, very rationably ſolv'd, and perhaps, had I time to examine ſeveral particulars requiſite to the demonſtration of it, I might prove it more than probable, […]1665, R[obert] Hooke, “Observ[ation] X. Of Metalline, and Other Real Colours.”, in Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. […], London: […]...

Forms of rationably

comparativemore rationably
superlativemost rationably

Origin of rationably

From rationable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of reasonably.

Questions about rationably

What does rationably mean?
Rationably means rationally, reasonably.
What part of speech is rationably?
Rationably is an adverb.

Words near rationably in the dictionary

  1. ration coupons
  2. ration stamp
  3. ration stamps
  4. rationability
  5. rationable
  6. rationably
  7. rational
  8. rational basis review
  9. rational choice theory
  10. rational dress
  11. rational egoism

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