Unnaturally

//ʌnˈnætʃʊɹəli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a manner at variance with what is natural or normal wordnet
  2. 2
    not according to nature; not by natural means wordnet
  3. 3
    in an unnatural way wordnet

Synonyms

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apparentlyartificiallyby artificial meansby artificial meansfalselyhardly

Example

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"These are the bluest blueberries I have ever seen. They're almost unnaturally blue."

Etymology

From Middle English unnaturelly, equivalent to unnatural + -ly and/or un- + naturally.

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