Preternaturally

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a preternatural manner; beyond what could possibly be natural.

    "Deirdre’s mom never leaves her in the Grotto but also never leaves her side, and has the lipless and flinty-eyed look of a parent whose kid is preternaturally good at something."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a supernatural manner wordnet

Synonyms

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extraordinarilyextraordinarilysupernaturallysupernaturallysupernaturally

Example

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"Deirdre’s mom never leaves her in the Grotto but also never leaves her side, and has the lipless and flinty-eyed look of a parent whose kid is preternaturally good at something."

Etymology

From preternatural + -ly.

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