1.
In a ~ argument or method of reasoning, each step must be true if the step before it is true.
Only when each ~ step has been checked by other mathematicians will the proof be accepted.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
My professional training has taught me to look at things ~ly.
ADV: usu ADV with v
2.
The ~ conclusion or result of a series of facts or events is the only one which can come from it, according to the rules of logic.
If the climate gets drier, then the ~ conclusion is that even more drought will occur...
...a society that dismisses God as a ~ impossibility.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
From that it followed ~ly that he would not be meeting Hildegarde.
ADV: ADV with v
3.
Something that is ~ seems reasonable or sensible in the circumstances.
Connie suddenly struck her as a ~ candidate...
There was a ~ explanation...
It is ~ to take precautions.
= reasonable
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf/that
~ly
This was the one possibility I hadn’t taken into consideration, though ~ly I should have done.
ADV: ADV with cl, ADV with v