preternatural | ||
1. | [ adjective ] surpassing the ordinary or normal | |
Examples: | "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel"- George Will |
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Related terms: | extraordinary | |
2. | [ adjective ] existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | |
Synonyms: | transcendental otherworldly nonnatural | |
Examples: | "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley |
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Related terms: | supernatural | |
Similar spelling: |
preternaturally preternatuarally protractor preterm_infant protractile protractible protractedly protracted protraction preterition |