reasonlessly

Updated: May 23, 2025

But, quite reasonlessly, it was all Francis could do to respond with the politeness which is due to your almost irreplaceable second-in-command on a rush job. His manners once made, he decided that he didn't want the air, after all.

Margaret Widdemer - I've Married Marjorie

I am oppressed by a nameless and mysterious suffering, . . my brain is darkened, my thoughts but half-formed and never wholly uttered, and I, I who once deemed human intelligence and reason all-supreme, all-clear, all-absolute, am now compelled to use that reason reasonlessly, and to work with that intelligence in helpless ignorance as to what end my mental toil shall serve!

Marie Corelli - Ardath