We must act rationally. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a rational plan for economic development. ,a calm and rational negotiator. ,The patient appeared perfectly rational. ,rational beings. ,the rational faculty. ,a rational explanation. From Dictionary.com.
To expect the government to act rationally is asking way too much. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » At The Department of Forgotten Cabinet Secretaries] Reference
rationally, I can think of no reason why a non-Frehhman would not realize what the word rationally: means. From Wordnik.com. [rationally] Reference
I willing to discuss this rationally, but rationally is not dismissing what we say without even putting any thought into it. From Wordnik.com. [Pious Atheism « Anglican Samizdat] Reference
In so far as a rational creature realizes the good rationally, that is, with. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Ethics. Volume II.���Pure Ethics.] Reference
Impediment 2: I can't prove God's existence rationally, which is the only way to knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Lurie: Looking for God in All the Wrong Places] Reference
Please don’t hold your breath waiting for anyone to explain rationally how your relationship could harm marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Religious Right Seeks Unprecedented Constitutional Convention To Ban Gay Marriage Without Congress] Reference
Former CIA official: concessions by Israel cannot be discussed 'rationally' in United States. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: More Failure for "Sensible" American Middle East Policy] Reference
And also thinking "rationally" how many Abortions Death Camps could have been Goverment funded with that much money?. From Wordnik.com. [Organs the surgeon removed from a 7-year-old girl's body: stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver and large and small intestines.] Reference
I know this is 'rationally' odd but what if you 'emotionally' believed that every time your best friend left, they wouldn't come back. From Wordnik.com. [Neurological conditions: “Now” & what time, people and sequencing mean] Reference
It has also called on citizens to "rationally" use gas in their homes. From Wordnik.com. [News on www.kyivpost.com] Reference
Get off your soapbox and try to think about it rationally, meaning look at BOTH sides of the equation. From Wordnik.com. [The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae] Reference
But then counting on people to behave "rationally," as Rand might put it, hasn't panned out very well lately. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker] Reference
The planners in the Pentagon or NATO HQs argue "rationally" today that their current surge in Afghanistan will bring peace to the region. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
Our rationally reasoning minds have figured this out. From Wordnik.com. [David Ropeik: Russian Forest Fires Stoke Nuclear Fears. Beware Fear Itself!] Reference
The goal in California should be to do this rationally. From Wordnik.com. [Pricing Pollution] Reference
He's also an engineer, which means he thinks rationally. From Wordnik.com. [Replacing Christina Romer, Obama should look past the usual economic experts] Reference
But stock is rationally the best option for a simple reason. From Wordnik.com. [INVESTOR'S DILEMMA] Reference
There is no such thing as a happy or rationally run newsroom. From Wordnik.com. [Black and Blue at the Times] Reference
It's important to counsel people to think through things rationally. From Wordnik.com. [Should You Sue Your Financial Adviser?] Reference
In fact, our firmest convictions are often the hardest to justify rationally. From Wordnik.com. [Viruses Of The Mind: How Odd Ideas Survive] Reference
And there are some of my heart's small desires, rationally foregone as superfluous. From Wordnik.com. [One Day] Reference
Clinton understands this rationally: he says he needs political reform early in his term. From Wordnik.com. [Shooting The Moon] Reference
No people anywhere has yet found a way to rationally examine its hatreds before venting them. From Wordnik.com. [Two Cheers For American Tolerance] Reference
"Maybe he has to destroy," said officer Aleksei Kondaurov, "but he has to destroy rationally.". From Wordnik.com. [The Coup Makers' Secrets] Reference
It was warm and firm in his palm, and he knew, rationally, that it wouldn't scream when plucked. From Wordnik.com. [Watershed] Reference
This constitutes a form of knowing very different from a rationally constructed logic of knowing. From Wordnik.com. [Larry Malerba, D.O. : What Is the 'Green' Medicine Revolution?] Reference
Fans, who always lament the lack of role models, can't rationally embrace baseball's ambassador of sleaze. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: What's Wrong With Winter Meetings] Reference
"We are happy to see the crisis being resolved rationally and peacefully through a diplomatic approach," it said. From Wordnik.com. [Taiwan Tightrope] Reference
Give the lady credit for rationally evaluating the benefits of marrying an incontinent octogenarian multimillionaire. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology of Love—Not] Reference
Those that aim to harm us do not think rationally (or maybe they do, their rationale is to find excuses for destruction). From Wordnik.com. [Sonya Rehman: Bollywood movie caricaturing Osama Bin Laden banned in Pakistan] Reference
It means that when we change the world, we should do so rationally and conservatively, with knowledge of the consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
Members of Adkins's family insisted that Janet had made the decision carefully and rationally, based on profound conviction. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Suicide Van] Reference
Give us the chance to shape the military future rationally, they say-or if not, get ready to replay the strategic mistakes of the past. From Wordnik.com. [The Military's Big Shutdown] Reference
The laws in both Arizona and in Virginia were passed quickly on a wave of emotion, rather than considered carefully and debated rationally. From Wordnik.com. [Jed Bickman: Undermining Democracy to Pass Immigration Laws] Reference
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