Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unnatural manner; in opposition to natural feelings and sentiments.
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- adverb In an
unnatural manner
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- adverb not according to nature; not by natural means
- adverb in a manner at variance with what is natural or normal
- adverb in an unnatural way
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Examples
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The sandwich (by itself an obscenity), slathered in unnaturally ultra-white mayonnaise, is floating in the air directly across from the disturbingly pale profile of a young, gape-mouthed woman who looks frightened to death of the manly meat.
Global Voices in English » Singapore: Infamous Burger King ad 2009
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When she looked at him fully, his expression seemed unnaturally somber.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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When she looked at him fully, his expression seemed unnaturally somber.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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When she looked at him fully, his expression seemed unnaturally somber.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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When she looked at him fully, his expression seemed unnaturally somber.
The Second Time Janet Dailey 2003
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And I think what happens is that orphanage kids and I think, by the way, they develop great strengths, too - but I think that they begin to feel a little bit, you know, they lose a little bit of that lose a little bit of their childhood that way in that they feel kind of unnaturally responsible for their own survival at a very early age.
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And I think what happens is that orphanage kids and I think, by the way, they develop great strengths, too - but I think that they begin to feel a little bit, you know, they lose a little bit of that lose a little bit of their childhood that way in that they feel kind of unnaturally responsible for their own survival at a very early age.
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And I think what happens is that orphanage kids and I think, by the way, they develop great strengths, too - but I think that they begin to feel a little bit, you know, they lose a little bit of that lose a little bit of their childhood that way in that they feel kind of unnaturally responsible for their own survival at a very early age.
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And I think what happens is that orphanage kids and I think, by the way, they develop great strengths, too - but I think that they begin to feel a little bit, you know, they lose a little bit of that lose a little bit of their childhood that way in that they feel kind of unnaturally responsible for their own survival at a very early age.
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And I think what happens is that orphanage kids and I think, by the way, they develop great strengths, too - but I think that they begin to feel a little bit, you know, they lose a little bit of that lose a little bit of their childhood that way in that they feel kind of unnaturally responsible for their own survival at a very early age.
mollusque commented on the word unnaturally
I rang a bell and a large soft man oozed out from behind a wall and smiled at me with moist soft lips and bluish-white teeth and unnaturally bright eyes.
--Raymond Chandler, 1949, The Little Sister, chapter 34
September 5, 2009