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NATURALLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
As might be expected
Example:
naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge bill
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Antonym:
unnaturally (in a manner at variance with what is natural or normal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
According to nature; by natural means; without artificial help
Example:
naturally grown flowers
Classified under:
Antonym:
artificially (not according to nature; not by natural means)
Pertainym:
natural (existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In a natural or normal manner
Example:
speak naturally and easily
Classified under:
Adverbs
Antonym:
unnaturally (in an unnatural way)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Through inherent nature
Example:
he was naturally lazy
Synonyms:
by nature; naturally
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
This is all very provoking to Miss Scatcherd, who is naturally neat, punctual, and particular.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She in the overflowing spirits of her recovery, repeats it all to her nurse; and the nurse knowing my acquaintance with you, very naturally brings it all to me.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Catherine's blood ran cold with the horrid suggestions which naturally sprang from these words.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The researchers also found that treatment with a combination of dasatinib and quercetin could prevent cell damage, delay physical dysfunction, and, when used in naturally aging mice, extend their lifespan.
(Senolytic drugs reverse damage caused by senescent cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)
The idea of a balloon naturally followed.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Some ocean areas are naturally lower in oxygen than others, but these are even more susceptible to damage when their oxygen levels are depleted further, the report’s authors said.
(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Naturally, it was to my interest to buy their land before they discovered its true value, but unfortunately I had no capital by which I could do this.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As I lay there thinking, I naturally dwelt upon myself and my situation.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
To-night I shall strive hard to sleep naturally.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It would be done so quickly and so naturally, that I daresay the young man himself has no recollection of it.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
