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Definition: Unnaturally |
UnnaturallyAdverb1. In an unnatural way; "his other arm lay across his chest, unnaturally, as if placed there deliberately, for a purpose". 2. Not according to nature; not by natural means; "artificially induced conditions". 3. Not as might be expected; "The early Church not unnaturally adopted the position that failure to see the messianic character of his work was really caused by the people's own blindness". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unnaturally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: UnnaturallySynonyms: artificially (adv), by artificial means (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: naturally (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unnaturally |
| English words defined with "unnaturally": act ♦ dissemble ♦ maenad, Miscreated ♦ pretend. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unnaturally": Canary Birds ♦ Spring ♦ Thumb. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Unnaturally Born Killers (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Unnaturally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unnaturally" is used about 185 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 185 | 22,646 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tall unnaturally woman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unnaturally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不自然地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unnatürlich (abnormal, artificial, morbid, nonnatural, strained, unnatural), unnatürliche (unnatural). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αφύσικα (uncannily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | természetellenesen (contrariously, contrariwise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 부자연스럽게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aturallyunnay fals (apparent, artificial, bad, base, bogus, cant, colourable, counterfeit, deceitful, double dealing, dud, dummy, erroneous, erroneously, error, factitious, fake, false, falsehood, feigned, flash, forged, forgery, fraud, glossy, hollow, hollow-hearted, imitation, imposture, insincere, lying, mendacious, mistaken, mock, painted, phony, plugged, reprobate, sham, spurious, sugary, tinsel, treacherous, trumpery, truthless, two faced, unnatural, untrue, wrong, wrongfully). (various references) неестественно, противоестественно. (various references) onaturligt (constrainedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 21, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H kurtoV h efhloV h ptiloV touV ofqalmouV h anqrwpoV w an h en autw ywra agria h lichn h monorciV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If crokid rigge, or bleer eyed; if whijt perle hauynge in the eye; if contynuel scab; if a drye scab in the body; or brosten. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Or croke backed, or perleyed, or gogeleyed, or maunge or skaulde or hath his stones broken. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members broken: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Leviticus Chapter 21, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Kun buktot, kun enano, kun adunay biti sa mata, kun tawo nga nukaon, kun may bon-i, kun tawo nga gituntonan; |
| Chinese | 駝 背 的 、 矮 矬 的 、 眼 睛 有 毛 病 的 、 長 癬 的 、 長 疥 的 、 或 是 損 壞 腎 子 的 、 都 不 可 近 前 來 。 |
| Croatian | ni poguren, ni kržljav, ni bolesnih oèiju, ni lišajav, ni krastav, niti uškopljenik. |
| Danish | eller en pukkelrygget eller en med Tæring eller en, der har Pletter i Øjnene eller lider af Skab eller Ringorm eller har svulne Testikler. |
| Dutch | Of die bultachtig, of dwergachtig zal zijn, of een vel op zijn oog zal hebben, of droge schurftheid, of etterige schurftheid, of die gebroken zal zijn aan zijn gemacht. |
| Finnish | kyttyräselkäinen tai surkastunut, silmävikainen tai ihotautinen tai rupinen tai kuohittu. |
| French | un homme bossu ou grêle, ayant une tache l`oeil, la gale, une dartre, ou les testicules écrasés. |
| German | oder höckerig ist oder ein Fell auf dem Auge hat oder schielt oder den Grind oder Flechten hat oder der gebrochen ist. |
| Haitian Creole | kit li gen boul nan do, kit li rachitik, kit li malad nan je, kit li gen maladi po, kit grenn li kraze. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | yang bongkok atau cebol, yang berpenyakit mata atau berpenyakit kulit dan yang dikebiri. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | atau orang yang bungkuk, atau yang keretut, atau yang berbelalak matanya, atau yang berkurap atau berpuru atau berburut. |
| Italian | né un gobbo, né un nano, né chi abbia una macchia nell'occhio o la scabbia o piaghe purulente o sia eunuco. |
| Maori | Te tuara piko ranei, te mea i puwhenua te tupu, ki te papahewa ranei tona kanohi, ki te mea ranei he papaka, he hakihaki ranei tona, ki te mea ranei kua komurumurua ona mea; |
| Norwegian | eller som er pukkelrygget eller dverg eller har en hvit flekk på øiet eller har skabb eller noget annet utslett, eller hvis stener er knust. |
| Portuguese | ou for corcunda, ou anão, ou que tiver belida, ou sarna, ou impigens, ou que tiver testículo lesado; |
| Rumanian | nici un om ghebos sau pipernicit, cu albeayq kn ochi, care are rkie, pecingine sau bowit. |
| Russian | ОЙ ЗПТ'БФЩК, ОЙ У УХИЙН ЮМЕОПН, ОЙ У 'ЕМШНПН ОБ ЗМБЪХ, ОЙ ЛПТПУФПЧЩК, ОЙ БТЫЙЧЩК, ОЙ У ПЧТЕЦ"ЕООЩНЙ СФТБНЙ; |
| Spanish | jorobado, enano, quien tenga nube en el ojo, quien tenga sarna o tiña, o tenga testículo dañado. |
| Swedish | ingen som är puckelryggig eller förkrympt, eller som har fel på ögat, eller som har skabb eller annat utslag, eller som är snöpt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unnaturally" (pronounced unna"kherulē, unna"kherlē , or una"kherlē) |
| 7 | -n a" kh er u l ē | naturally. |
| 5 | -kh er u l ē | agriculturally, architecturally, culturally, structurally. |
| 4 | -er u l ē | bilaterally, contradictorily, federally, generally, liberally, literally, multilaterally, peripherally, procedurally, temporally, unilaterally, viscerally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, artfully, artificially, beneficially, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 3 | -er l ē | bitterly, brotherly, circularly, cleverly, disorderly, eagerly, easterly, elderly, entirely, extracellularly, fatherly, formerly, gingerly, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, improperly, irregularly, lawyerly, leisurely, linearly, masterly, miserly, motherly, neighborly, northeasterly, northerly, northwesterly, orderly, overly, painterly, particularly, peculiarly, popularly, properly, quarterly, regularly, scholarly, similarly, singularly, soberly, somberly, southerly, spectacularly, tenderly, utterly, Weatherly, westerly. |
| 3 | -er l ē | bitterly, brotherly, circularly, cleverly, disorderly, eagerly, easterly, elderly, entirely, extracellularly, fatherly, formerly, gingerly, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, improperly, irregularly, lawyerly, leisurely, linearly, masterly, miserly, motherly, neighborly, northeasterly, northerly, northwesterly, orderly, overly, painterly, particularly, peculiarly, popularly, properly, quarterly, regularly, scholarly, similarly, singularly, soberly, somberly, southerly, spectacularly, tenderly, utterly, Weatherly, westerly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-l-n-n-r-t-u-u-y" | |
-2 letters: naturally, unnatural. | |
-3 letters: annually, tarnally. | |
-4 letters: annular, aurally, lunular, natural, ululant, untruly. | |
-5 letters: alanyl, alular, anally, annual, antral, anural, anuran, auntly, lunula, ranula, ratany, tarnal, unruly, uranyl, yantra. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 6E 61 74 75 72 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -. .- - ..- .-. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101110 01100001 01110100 01110101 01110010 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n n a t u r a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 006E 0061 0074 0075 0072 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580806786878467787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Bible Trace | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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