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unreasonably

Syllables: un·rea·son·a·bly/ʌnˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/

unreasonably adverb: in an unreasonable manner.

Adverb

unreasonably (comparative more unreasonably, superlative most unreasonably)

  1. In an unreasonable manner.
    • He behaved unreasonably.
    • Fye, you confine your ſelfe moſt vnreaſonably: Come, you muſt go viſit the good Lady that lies in.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. To an unreasonable degree.
    • The team was given an unreasonably short amount of time to put together a presentation.
    • Thus bishops, deans, and chapters, as well as other corporations, seldom or never let their lands even so high as half the value; and when they raise those rents which are unreasonably low, it is by degrees.1737, Jonathan Swift, Letter to Alderman Barber dated 30 March, 1737, in The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Edinburgh: J. Balfour, 1766, Volume 11, p. 126

unreasonably meaning in Bengali

unreasonably in Bengali

unreasonably, unjustifiably, unnecessarily, gratuitously
খামাখা khamakha

Examples of unreasonably in a sentence

  • Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian:
  • The Senate of the United States has been both extravagantly praised and unreasonably disparaged, according to the predisposition and temper of its various critics.1885, Woodrow Wilson, chapter 4, in Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, page 193:
  • I get unreasonably angry with John sometimes.1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper:

Forms of unreasonably

comparativemore unreasonably
superlativemost unreasonably

Origin of unreasonably

From Middle English unresonably, equivalent to unreasonable + -ly, after resonably (whence reasonably) and (originally) Late Latin irratiōnābiliter.

Questions about unreasonably

What does unreasonably mean?
Unreasonably means in an unreasonable manner.
What is unreasonably in Bengali?
Unreasonably in Bengali is খামাখা (khamakha). See Unreasonably meaning in Bengali.
How do you use unreasonably in a sentence?
Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.
What part of speech is unreasonably?
Unreasonably is an adverb.
How do you pronounce unreasonably?
Unreasonably is pronounced /ʌnˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/.

Words near unreasonably in the dictionary

  1. unreasonabilities
  2. unreasonability
  3. unreasonable
  4. unreasonableness
  5. unreasonablenesses
  6. unreasonably
  7. unreasoned
  8. unreasoning
  9. unreasoningly
  10. unreasoningness
  11. unreasonnable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unreasonably (page history and authors); খামাখা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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