preternatural

  • 21preternatural — pre|ter|nat|u|ral [ ,pritər nætʃ(ə)rəl ] adjective FORMAL extremely strange and often involving abilities or qualities that people do not normally have: preternatural speed/power/intelligence …

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  • 22preternatural — [ˌpri:tə natʃ(ə)r(ə)l] (also praeternatural) adjective beyond what is normal or natural: preternatural speed. Derivatives preternaturalism noun preternaturally adverb …

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  • 23preternatural — adjective autumn had arrived with preternatural speed Syn: extraordinary, exceptional, unusual, uncommon, singular, unprecedented, remarkable, phenomenal, abnormal, inexplicable, unaccountable; strange, mysterious, fantastic …

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  • 24preternatural — UK [ˌpriːtə(r)ˈnætʃ(ə)rəl] / US [ˌprɪtərˈnætʃ(ə)rəl] adjective formal extremely strange and often involving abilities or qualities that people do not normally have preternatural speed/power/intelligence …

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  • 25preternatural — pre•ter•nat•u•ral [[t]ˌpri tərˈnætʃ ər əl, ˈnætʃ rəl[/t]] adj. 1) existing or occurring out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal; extraordinary: preternatural powers[/ex] 2) being outside of nature; supernatural • Etymology:… …

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  • 26preternatural — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, anomalous, arcane, atypical, deviant, deviative, eerie, esoteric, extramundane, extraterrestrial, fey, heteroclite, hypernormal, hyperphysical, miraculous, mysterious, nonnatural, numinous, occult,… …

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  • 27preternatural — pre|ter|na|tu|ral Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable …

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  • 28preternatural — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ghostly, irregular, unnatural; see mysterious 2 , supernatural . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Departing from the normal: aberrant, abnormal, anomalistic, anomalous, atypic, atypical, deviant, divergent,… …

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  • 29preternatural — pre·ter·nat·u·ral || ‚prɪːtÉ™(r) nætʃrÉ™l adj. supernatural, exceeding the usual powers of nature; unnatural, exceptional, abnormal …

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  • 30preternatural — a. Irregular (as being aside from the ordinary course of nature, but not necessarily supernatural or miraculous), abnormal, anomalous, unnatural, inexplicable, strange, extraordinary …

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