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unˈnaturally, adv.
[un-1 11.]
1. In a manner at variance with normal human nature; with unnatural depravity, wickedness, or want of feeling.
c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 537 Was his..gudnese owt of thy mynd So vn-naturallye? 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 24 §1 Knightis of Sainct Johnes..have unnaturally..maynteynid the usurped powre..of the Bishop of Rome. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 96 Alas mother what is the why, That ye draw from vs vnnaturally? 1610Holland Camden's Brit. 465 The yong man..most unnaturally waged war against his owne father. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 30 He..had most vnnaturally..caused his elder Brother..[to] be murdred. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. (Globe) 361 They had acted..unnaturally by their Countrymen.
2. In a manner differing from what is natural or normal; abnormally.
1611Florio, Distortione, a turning awry vnnaturally. 1614Latham Falconry i. viii. 31 The fire..pierceth into the bodie, and heateth it most vnnaturallie. 1668Dryden Dram. Poesy Ess. (ed. Ker) I. 95 Where you see both the clauses are placed unnaturally, that is, contrary to the common way of speaking. 1721Southerne Fate Capua iv. i, It was a task unnaturally impos'd. 1848W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. II. 283 Words of malediction not unnaturally marked his parting adieus. 1878J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. (ed. 2) 850 The former may attain the bulk of a bullock's kidney, and the latter is usually unnaturally small. |