logical

logical
logicality /loj'i kal"i tee/, logicalness, n.logically, adv.
/loj"i keuhl/, adj.
1. according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
2. reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
3. reasonable; to be expected: War was the logical consequence of such threats.
4. of or pertaining to logic.
[1490-1500; < ML logicalis. See LOGIC, -AL1]
Syn. 1, 3. valid.
Ant. 1-3. unreasonable.

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