| 单词 | unnaturally |
| 释义 | unnaturally (once / 3208 pages) adv The adverb unnaturally describes something that happens in an unusual or strange way. If you feel unnaturally hot in a cool room, you may have a fever. A woman with unnaturally long fingernails might find it hard to tie her shoelaces or answer her phone. If your dog makes an unnaturally wolf-like sound in his sleep, you'll wonder what he's dreaming about. And an unnaturally calm and greenish sky sometimes signifies that a tornado is coming. The Latin root of unnaturally is naturalis, "by birth, or according to nature," from natura, or "nature." WORD FAMILYunnatural: unnaturally, unnaturalness+/denaturalise: denaturalised, denaturalises/denaturalize: denaturalized, denaturalizes, denaturalizing/natural: naturalise, naturalism, naturalize, naturally, naturalness, naturals, nonnatural, supernatural, unnatural/naturalisation: naturalisations/naturalise: denaturalise, naturalisation, naturalised, naturalises, naturalising/naturalised: unnaturalised/naturalism: naturalist, naturalistic/naturalist: naturalists/naturalistic: naturalistically/naturalization: naturalizations/naturalize: denaturalize, naturalization, naturalized, naturalizes, naturalizing/naturalized: unnaturalized/naturalness: naturalnesses/nature: ill-natured, natural, natures, naturism/naturism: naturist, naturistic/naturist: naturists/supernatural: supernaturalism, supernaturally, supernaturalness, supernaturals/supernaturalism: supernaturalisms, supernaturalist, supernaturalistic/unnaturalness: unnaturalnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe “D” setting proved to be the least intrusive, as the sportier choices seemed to hold the gears unnaturally long, unwilling to upshift. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) Rogers, an unnaturally strong man with a mysterious implant in the back of his head, has to constantly fight his impulse to kill. Washington Times(Nov 14, 2016) And if it all sounds an unnaturally close relationship and as outrageously suspicious as it ever was … well, forget it. The Guardian(Sep 14, 2016) 1adv not according to nature; not by natural means Syn|Ant artificially, by artificial means naturally according to nature; by natural means; without artificial help 2adv in an unnatural way his other arm lay across his chest, unnaturally, as if placed there deliberately, for a purpose Ant naturally in a natural or normal manner 3adv in a manner at variance with what is natural or normal 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 course, naturally, of course as might be expected |
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