- (of an action, event, etc.) seeming natural, reasonable or sensible
- It was a logical conclusion from the child's point of view.
- Each of them having their own room was the logical solution.
- There may be a perfectly logical explanation for her absences.
- a logical thing to do in the circumstances
- What 's the next logical step?
Extra Examples- It seemed logical to try and contact the child's mother.
- We need to have a logical rather than an emotional response to these events.
- What she said sounded logical enough.
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- following or able to follow the rules of logic in which ideas or facts are based on other true ideas or facts
- a logical argument
- Computer programming needs someone with a logical mind.
Extra Examples- A contradiction is a logical impossibility.
- She suggests that a decline in language would lead to a decline in logical thinking.
- The problem can be solved using a process of logical reasoning.
opposite illogical
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin logicalis from late Latin logica, from Greek logikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of reason’, from logos ‘word, reason’.
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