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The patient was whisked from my arms and in less than three seconds he was strapped on the table with a mask over his face, preternaturally still, unhumanly still.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2013

“Oh, it is all right,” he said; and began encouraging his mule with cries that echoed unhumanly up the mountain walls.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The young man, who was of delicate appearance and unhumanly pale, stretched himself at full length on his back, closed his eyes, moaned feebly, cursed the heat in a stricken whisper.

From The Flirt by Tarkington, Booth

Father Kelly stood over me, and he looked, from where I sat below him, unhumanly tall.

From The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

Delicately adjusted and unhumanly strong, it was a bit too invariable in the behavior department to be consistently efficient.

From Tangle Hold by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)