logically

[ loj-ik-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that accords with the principles of reasoned argument:

   Here you will be taught how to logically solve problems and analyze gathered information like a true detective.

2. according to reasonable expectation:

   Corporations quite logically tend not to prioritize these environmental issues when considering how best to increase profits.

Other Words From

• hy·per·log·i·cal·ly adverb
• non·log·i·cal·ly adverb
• o·ver·log·i·cal·ly adverb
• pre·log·i·cal·ly adverb
• qua·si-log·i·cal·ly adverb
• su·per·log·i·cal·ly adverb
• un·log·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of logically¹

logical ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

During the event, the company did not disclose plans to start a clinical trial, a surprise to those who believed that would be its next logical step.

From MIT Technology Review

It’s a logical argument which establishes that the desired clique couldn’t possibly exist.

From Quanta Magazine

If your program requires 10 qubits to run, that means it needs 10 logical qubits — which could require a quantum computer with hundreds or even hundreds of thousands of the original, error-prone physical qubits.

From Science News

The data and ancilla qubits together make up one logical qubit with, hopefully, a lower error rate.

From Science News

Finding drugs that can bind to these proteins and stop them from working is a logical way to go.

From Singularity Hub 

The result is safe seats that lead to apathy and voter impotence, leading logically to ever-declining voter turnout.

From The Daily Beast

Meditating could help you pause and think logically before your next big purchase or investment.

From The Daily Beast

Logically, Lohan must be referring to Smulders as the “unknown,” which is some serious shade.

From The Daily Beast

And if you see it as a game, you start seeing logically what kind of strategies the rules imply.

From The Daily Beast

Logically, it seemed like this must be what was causing their pain.

From The Daily Beast

It was possible for such a train of thought to be started and worked out logically in that brilliant brain.

From Project Gutenberg

He would discard any doctrine which, logically carried out, led to absurdity.

From Project Gutenberg

His lofty realism was subversive of popular superstitions, when logically carried out.

From Project Gutenberg

The man whom daily contact with remediable misery will not render incompetent to always write logically, I would not wish to know.

From Project Gutenberg

Are we logically justified in dealing with the belief in God on any other principle?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• reasonably