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Unnaturally

Unnatural \Un*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.

Syn: See Factitious. [1913 Webster] -- Un*nat"u*ral*ly, adv. -- Un*nat"u*ral*ness, n.

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unnaturally

adv. In an unnatural manner.

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unnaturally
  1. adv. in an unnatural way; "his other arm lay across his chest, unnaturally, as if placed there deliberately, for a purpose" [ant: naturally]

  2. not according to nature; not by natural means; "artificially induced conditions" [syn: artificially, by artificial means] [ant: naturally]

  3. not as might be expected; "The early Church not unnaturally adopted the position that failure to see the messianic character of his work was really caused by the people's own blindness" [ant: naturally]

Usage examples of "unnaturally".

On the deck above, the kitchen was open, as were some of the recreation areas, but no cheeky Betan herm or unnaturally decomposed remains were to be found.

A haggard unshaven face, unnaturally pale, and bleary bloodshot eyes with dark circles under them.

The house servants of Bonheur, not unnaturally, looked to their longtime mistress and to her son for their orders.

And so the untiring and ingenious Codd proceeded making his case unnaturally good.

The keches spied him, but the leader saw that this leopard was as large as a lion and unnaturally muscled.

DIARRHEA is an affection characterized by unnaturally frequent evacuations from the bowels of a liquid of morbidly soft consistency.

Below him the ship was unnaturally quiet, not even a bell to mark the passage of the hours, only the soft song of the sails and the muted accompaniment of the rigging.

The other factor that led police to believe that the boys had been sodomized was that their anuses had appeared dilated, or unnaturally open, when the bodies were removed from the water.

Maia, who not unnaturally felt herself to have gained a good deal in poise and self-confidence since the days of Sencho, replied to him with what she hoped was restraint and assurance about her own health, the water-ways of Suba, the iniquities of the Chalcon rebels and the certainty of their early defeat by Elvair-ka-Virrion.

The vast oaks grew thicker as he pushed on beyond the village, and he looked sharply for a certain spot where they would thin somewhat, standing quite dead or dying among the unnaturally dense fungi and the rotting mould and mushy logs of their fallen brothers.

Santa Fe was lit up, neat as toytown, its streets unnaturally deserted, as if all of its elderly residents had been taken away by friendly aliens.

The perineum was deep and the tuberosities of the ischii unnaturally approximated.

After he had disposed of his share of the wurst and kraut, he distributed them, after which he made a point of mentioning his age, opening his mouth wide enough to show an unnaturally perfect set of teeth, and ceremoniously biting into one.

Trying to force limp fingers to trigger the longblaster, he slumped over and lay unnaturally still within the billowing gray cloud.

Ailoura moved within the circle of speakers, her unnaturally flared and pungent striped musteline tail waving perilously close to the humans.