Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mathematics, as a rational function.
- According to ratios or proportions.
- In a rational manner; in consistency with reason; reasonably: as, to speak rationally; to behave rationally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a rational manner.
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- adverb In a
rational manner
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- adverb in a rational manner
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Examples
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These groups do not behave in our sense of the term rationally, and frankly, I'm absolutely astounded if anybody can say if they didn't have chemical or biological weapons, which we call poor man's nuclear weapons.
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To expect the government to act rationally is asking way too much.
Matthew Yglesias » At The Department of Forgotten Cabinet Secretaries 2009
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I willing to discuss this rationally, but rationally is not dismissing what we say without even putting any thought into it.
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Rationally, I can think of no reason why a non-Frehhman would not realize what the word rationally: means.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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Rationally, I can think of no reason why a non-Frehhman would not realize what the word rationally: means.
rationally 2008
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"The Billion-Dollar Molecule" chronicled Vertex's brash attempt to take on established pharmaceutical giants by designing drugs "rationally" -- building them up atom by atom with computers.
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Hayek’s objection was to the wholesale attempts to transform such institutions, redesigning them rationally from the ground up, that he associated with “constructivist rationalism.”
Confusionism 2007
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Please don’t hold your breath waiting for anyone to explain rationally how your relationship could harm marriage.
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I have chosen to remain rationally ignorant about the details of Judge Hogan’s ruling, but it may be that its rationale would apply more broadly than criminal investigations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Punishing Journalists For Not Revealing Sources: 2004
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A lot of the online comments are rather supportive of the pro-vaccination mindset, and the anti-vax questions are-for the most part – being answered calmly and rationally, which is nice to see.
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