理詰め

りづめ【理詰め】

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りづめ【理詰め】

persuasion; reasoning; cogent argument; force of argument.

●理詰めで by persuasion; by logical reasoning; by (sheer) force of argument

・理詰めで納得させる reason sb into compliance

・理詰めで説き伏せる reason [persuade] sb into doing; 〔説き伏せてやめさせる〕 dissuade sb from doing; argue [talk] sb down

・理詰めで行けなければ力ずくだ. If reasoning fails, force must be resorted to [applied].

・男と女のことは理詰めではいかないことだらけだ. Relations [Affairs] between women and men often do not follow logic.

・そう理詰めで来られると困る. I've got to tell you that not everything works according to theory.

●理詰めに考える think logically [theoretically].

●理詰めの using the force of logic; depending on the sheer force of logic

・理詰めの話 a closely reasoned talk

・理詰めの戦法 theoretical tactics

・理詰めの解釈 a theoretical interpretation 《of a literary text》.