Meanings
comparative more unnaturally · superlative most unnaturally
- In an unnatural manner; to an unnatural extent.
Another, with the bump of order unnaturally developed, had his folios and quartos all reduced, in binding, to one size, so that they might look even on his bookshelves.
1902, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, 2nd edition, page 1021 more example
Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an unnatural way
adverbnot according to nature; not by natural means
adverbin a manner at variance with what is natural or normal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishunnaturelly
- Englishunnaturally
From Middle English unnaturelly, equivalent to unnatural + -ly and/or un- + naturally.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto malnature
- malnaturein an unnatural manner
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