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preternatural
[ pree-ter-nach-er-uhl, -nach-ruhl, pre- ]
adjective
- out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal:
preternatural powers.
Synonyms: unnatural, extraordinary, unusual
- outside of nature; supernatural.
preternatural
/ ˌpriːtəˈnætʃrəl /
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Derived Forms
- ˌpreterˈnaturalness, noun
- ˌpreterˈnaturalism, noun
- ˌpreterˈnaturally, adverb
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Other Words From
- pre·ter·nat·u·ral·ism pre·ter·nat·u·ral·i·ty [pree-ter-nach-, uh, -, ral, -i-tee, pre-], pre·ter·nat·u·ral·ness noun
- pre·ter·nat·u·ral·ly adverb
- un·pre·ter·nat·u·ral adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of preternatural1
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Example Sentences
He presided over the preternatural creation of 30 million new jobs—and the sharpest rise in median incomes in a generation.
There is an automatism to him, a preternatural talent for responding exactly, and briskly, with what is expected.
Schwarzenegger is adept at disguising his true feelings beneath a mask of preternatural calm, but he was suddenly doubly alert.
He said he had heard about my wonderful “flying-spears,” and declined to fight me if I used such preternatural weapons.
Such were the truths which Mohammed, with preternatural earnestness, now declared,--doctrines which would revolutionize Arabia.
A preternatural dread of water rages among all the inhabitants of Rome, from the untitled down to the titled.
The vengeance of Baldassare is almost preternatural; it surpasses the wrath of Achilles and the malignity of Shylock.
By a preternatural light in the chamber he observed distinctly everything around him.
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