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preternaturally

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pre·ter·nat·u·ral  (prtr-nchr-l, -nchrl)
adj.
1. Out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from the natural.
2. Surpassing the normal or usual; extraordinary: "Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel" (George F. Will).
3. Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.

[Medieval Latin praeterntrlis, from Latin praeter ntrm, beyond nature : praeter, beyond; see preterit + ntra, nature; see nature.]

preter·natu·ral·ism n.
preter·natu·ral·ly adv.
preter·natu·ral·ness n.
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Adv.1.preternaturally - in a supernatural manner; "she was preternaturally beautiful"
Translations
preternaturally [ˌpriːtəˈnætʃrəlɪ] ADV (frm) → preternaturalmente
preternaturally [ˌpriːtərˈnætʃərəli] adv [sensitive, bright, beautiful] → prodigieusement
preternaturally youthful → d'une prodigieuse jeunesse
preternaturally quiet
It was suddenly preternaturally quiet → Il régnait tout à coup un calme quasi surnaturel.
preternaturally
advübernatürlich, außergewöhnlich, unheimlich; it was suddenly preternaturally quietplötzlich war es unheimlich still


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They were at this period extravagantly and preternaturally fond of me; which, after all, I could reflect, was no more than a graceful response in children perpetually bowed over and hugged.
THE STORY GIRL, WITH A PRETERNATURALLY SOLEMN FACE:--"You shouldn't criticize Peter's story like that.
Her mind, and especially her memory, was preternaturally active, and kept bringing up other scenes than this roughly hewn street of a little town, on the edge of the western wilderness: other faces than were louring upon her from beneath the brims of those steeple-crowned hats.
 
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