1.
2.
[syn: artificially, unnaturally, by artificial means]
3. in a manner at variance with what is natural or normal;
- Example: "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"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Syn: See Factitious.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*nat"u*ral*ly, adv. --
Un*nat"u*ral*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unnaturally
adv 1: 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, unnaturally, by
artificial means] [ant: naturally]
3: 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]