Unnaturally
[ʌn'nætʃərəli]
Definition
(adv.) 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'.
(adv.) in an unnatural way; 'his other arm lay across his chest, unnaturally, as if placed there deliberately, for a purpose'.
Typist: Psyche--From WordNet
Examples
- Her lips trembled, becoming unnaturally thin as she murmured, 'Tis too much--Clym, how can he bear to do it! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Orlick not unnaturally answered, Well? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mrs. Bart stood over him with a white face which made her hair unnaturally yellow. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was indeed cold, bruisingly, frighteningly, unnaturally cold. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Home seemed unnaturally quiet after all this terror and noisy commotion. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- By supposing such an affection, you make everybody acting unnaturally and wrong, and me most unhappy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I don't know what a dodo is, replied Helena, panting; but the whole place seems so unnaturally still that it gives me the idea of some coming trouble. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Not unnaturally Sirius was an object of worship. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Her large eyes were limpid and almost colourless; they seemed to be very little affected by light, and to stand unnaturally still. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She was just as unnaturally composed in Sir Percival's presence as she had been in mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But how then (Mr Dorrit not unnaturally hinted) could the subject be approached? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Psyche