UNREASONABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unreasonably mean? 

• UNREASONABLY (adverb)
  The adverb UNREASONABLY has 2 senses:

1. not in a reasonable or intelligent manner

2. to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation

  Familiarity information: UNREASONABLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNREASONABLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not in a reasonable or intelligent manner

Context example:

she reacted unreasonably when she learned she had failed

Antonym:

reasonably (with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner)

Pertainym:

unreasonable (not reasonable; not showing good judgment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation

Synonyms:

immoderately; unreasonably

Context example:

his prices are unreasonably high

Antonym:

reasonably (to certain extent or degree)

Pertainym:

unreasonable (beyond normal limits)

 Context examples 

The certainty of meeting him had not been checked by any of those recollections that might not unreasonably have alarmed her.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It was by no means unreasonably large, and contained neither tapestry nor velvet.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She was displeased; I thought unreasonably so: I thought her, on a thousand occasions, unnecessarily scrupulous and cautious: I thought her even cold.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

When thus gentle, Bessie seemed to me the best, prettiest, kindest being in the world; and I wished most intensely that she would always be so pleasant and amiable, and never push me about, or scold, or task me unreasonably, as she was too often wont to do.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

That Lady Russell, of steady age and character, and extremely well provided for, should have no thought of a second marriage, needs no apology to the public, which is rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not; but Sir Walter's continuing in singleness requires explanation.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The general public, however, which most unreasonably entertained a grievance at having been excluded, stormed the doors at a quarter to eight, after a prolonged melee in which several people were injured, including Inspector Scoble of H. Division, whose leg was unfortunately broken.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In her earnest meditations on the contents of the letter, on the depravity of that mind which could dictate it, and probably, on the very different mind of a very different person, who had no other connection whatever with the affair than what her heart gave him with every thing that passed, Elinor forgot the immediate distress of her sister, forgot that she had three letters on her lap yet unread, and so entirely forgot how long she had been in the room, that when on hearing a carriage drive up to the door, she went to the window to see who could be coming so unreasonably early, she was all astonishment to perceive Mrs. Jennings's chariot, which she knew had not been ordered till one.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

So unreasonably early! she was going to exclaim; but she presently found that it was a family of old friends, who were coming, like herself, by particular desire, to help Mr. Weston's judgment; and they were so very closely followed by another carriage of cousins, who had been entreated to come early with the same distinguishing earnestness, on the same errand, that it seemed as if half the company might soon be collected together for the purpose of preparatory inspection.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He was not an ill-tempered man, not so often unreasonably cross as to deserve such a reproach; but his temper was not his great perfection; and, indeed, with such a worshipping wife, it was hardly possible that any natural defects in it should not be increased.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)