naturally
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natural (ˈnætʃrəl, -tʃərəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, existing in, or produced by nature: natural science; natural cliffs |
| 2. | in accordance with human nature: it is only natural to want to be liked |
| 3. | as is normal or to be expected; ordinary or logical: the natural course of events |
| 4. | not acquired; innate: a natural gift for sport |
| 5. | being so through innate qualities: a natural leader |
| 6. | not supernatural or strange: natural phenomena |
| 7. | not constrained or affected; genuine or spontaneous |
| 8. | not artificially dyed or coloured: a natural blonde |
| 9. | following or resembling nature or life; lifelike: she looked more natural without her make-up |
| 10. | not affected by man or civilization; uncultivated; wild: in the natural state this animal is not ferocious |
| 11. | being or made from organic material; not synthetic: a natural fibre like cotton |
| 12. | illegitimate; born out of wedlock |
| 13. | not adopted but rather related by blood: her natural parents |
| 14. | music |
| a. not sharp or flat | |
| b. (postpositive) denoting a note that is neither sharp nor flat: B natural | |
| c. flat Compare sharp (of a key or scale) containing no sharps or flats | |
| 15. | music of or relating to a trumpet, horn, etc, without valves or keys, on which only notes of the harmonic series of the keynote can be obtained |
| 16. | determined by inborn conviction: natural justice; natural rights |
| 17. | cards |
| a. (of a card) not a joker or wild card | |
| b. (of a canasta or sequence) containing no wild cards | |
| c. (of a bid in bridge) describing genuine values; not conventional | |
| 18. | based on the principles and findings of human reason and what is to be learned of God from nature rather than on revelation: natural religion |
| —n | |
| 19. | informal a person or thing regarded as certain to qualify for success, selection, etc: the horse was a natural for first place |
| 20. | music |
| a. Also called (US): cancel, Usual symbol: ♮ an accidental cancelling a previous sharp or flat | |
| b. flat Compare sharp a note affected by this accidental | |
| 21. | pontoon the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his or her first two cards |
| 22. | obsolete an imbecile; idiot |
| 'naturally | |
| —adv | |
| 'naturalness | |
| —n | |
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| naturally (ˈnætʃrəlɪ, -tʃərə-) | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | in a natural or normal way |
| 2. | through nature; inherently; instinctively |
| —adv, —sentence substitute | |
| 3. | of course; surely |
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Word Origin & History
naturally
"as might be expected," 1641, from natural (q.v.). The notion is "as a natural result."
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Example sentences
Bacteria in the mouth convert nitrate to nitrite, which gets swallowed, so the stomach can naturally produce nitric oxide.
Naturally, those that sell options raise their prices in response to higher demand for insurance.
When the film containing the circuit is placed on biological tissue, it dissolves naturally.
Note how public comparison was crammed between negative words, as if that's where it naturally belonged.
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