adverb
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in a natural or normal way
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through nature; inherently; instinctively
adverb
Other Word Forms
- antinaturally adverb
- hypernaturally adverb
- nonnaturally adverb
- quasi-naturally adverb
- subnaturally adverb
- transnaturally adverb
Etymology
Origin of naturally
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; natural ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
Example Sentences
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By analyzing its antibiotic resistance profile, they discovered that this ancient microbe may help scientists better understand how antibiotic resistance develops and spreads naturally.
From Science Daily
“Sleep naturally varies day to day, but people lose sight of the big picture,” says Zlatan Krizan, a professor of psychology who runs a laboratory that studies sleep and personality at Iowa State University.
“As humans we are naturally resistant to change, especially baseball fans, and I say that as a baseball fan,” Nelson said this week at the team’s Camelback Ranch training facility.
From Los Angeles Times
He added: "But clearly this is an issue that Parliament is going to have to consider when the time is right, naturally the monarchy will want to make sure he can never become King."
From BBC
It seems like the end for the miller’s daughter, until a strange little man appears and offers to help—naturally, for a price.
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