illogically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English il-

English logical

English illogical

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English illogically

From illogical + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɒ.dʒɪk.li/

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Adverb

illogically (comparative more illogically, superlative most illogically)

1. In an illogical manner, without following methods of sane and correct reasoning, in a manner lacking thought or logic.
   • 2012, René F. W. Diekstra, Keith E. Hawton, Suicide in Adolescence, page 178:

     Is the person acting in a strange manner, behaving illogically and seemingly out of touch with reality?

Antonyms

• logically

Translations

in an illogical manner

• Catalan: il·lògicament (ca)
• Finnish: epäloogisesti
• French: illogiquement (fr)
• Hungarian: észszerűtlenül, logikátlanul
• Italian: illogicamente (it)
• Polish: nielogicznie (pl)
• Portuguese: ilogicamente (pt)
• Spanish: ilógicamente