unreasonably
adverbC1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Trạng từ
adverbComparative
more unreasonably
Superlative
most unreasonably
- 1.
In an unreasonable manner.
He behaved unreasonably.
- 2.
To an unreasonable degree.
The team was given an unreasonably short amount of time to put together a presentation.
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, 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.
Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English unresonably, equivalent to unreasonable + -ly, after resonably (whence reasonably) and (originally) irratiōnābiliter.