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Definition

reasonable

in various senses, including:

"It's not rational to treat 2+2 as 5." — logical as contrasted to illogical
"I know you're upset, but please think about this in a rational manner." — based on reason as contrasted to emotion
"When I was 10-years-old, I wasn't very smart, but I was still rational." — capable of using reason as contrasted to being insane or lacking the ability to reason
"In matters of the heart, I trust my intuition more than my rational analysis." — based on a logical analysis as contrasted to intuition, instinct, custom, tarot-card reading, or some other system of decision making

More rarely, rational numbers in mathematics are numbers that can be expressed as a fraction consisting of only an integer in the numerator and denominator. For example, 1/3 is a rational number while pi is an irrational number.

It's hard to think rationally when I'm this upset.

rationally = in a reasonable manner

Let's try to ignore how upset we are for a moment and think about this rationally.

rationally = in a reasonable manner

We know we cannot rationally describe the kind of person we will fall in love with:
Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink

rationally = in a manner based on using reason rather than emotion

Not everyone understands what a completely rational process this is, this maintenance of a motorcycle.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

rational = based on using reason

Because you were strong and rational, and anyone could see that Shawn was not.
Tara Westover -- Educated

rational = reasonable

Those whose attitude towards the war is most nearly rational are the subject peoples of the disputed territories.
George Orwell -- 1984

rational = reasonable

We found him in a state of considerable excitement, but far more rational in his speech and manner than I had ever seen him.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

rational = reasonable

In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature and was bound towards him to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well-being.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

rational = capable of reasoning

She was a rational as you and I, more so perhaps, and we burned her.
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

rational = reasonable (of sound mind)

The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones was the doubt that required more than rational assurance.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

rational = logical

Moral education, which ought never, in any circumstances, to be rational.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

rational = based on logical analysis alone

There is certain to be a more rational explanation.
Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game

rational = reasonable

They cannot be reached by a rational argument.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged

rational = reasonable

Eventually Vic and Roger had worn him down, but not with rational arguments.
Stephen King -- Cujo

rational = based on reason

If I had seemed rational, why had Mother believed Shawn when he'd told her I was picking fights?
Tara Westover -- Educated

rational = reasonable

My opposition was beyond rational, it was visceral.
Tara Westover -- Educated

rational = based on logical analysis alone

Surely there must be some rational explanation of all these mysterious things.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

rational = based on scientifically accepted truths

When I reflected on the work I had completed, no less a one than the creation of a sensitive and rational animal, I could not rank myself with the herd of common projectors.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

rational = capable of reasoning

But my mind was made nauseous by rational thought, and by the next morning the books had moved to my bed, where they propped up my laptop while I worked steadily through Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Tara Westover -- Educated

rational = logical

If every action in the universe that we thought was random actually conformed to a rational pattern, Dad said, that implied the existence of a divine creator, and he was beginning to rethink his atheistic creed.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle

rational = reasonable

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