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- Suddenly and irrationally I am tempted to lie.†
p. 44.9 *irrationally = in a manner that is not reasonable
- I know it's irrational and that he feels horrible, but I'm still upset.†
p. 136.1irrational = unreasonable
Definitions:
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(irrational) not reasonable
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, irrational numbers in mathematics are numbers that cannot be expressed as a fraction consisting of only an integer in the numerator and denominator. For example, pi is an irrational number while 1/3 is rational.