preternatural
[adjective]
Synonyms: supernatural, miraculous, numinous, superhuman, superior, supermundane, suprahuman, supramundane, supranatural, unearthly, abnormal, aberrant, anomalous, atypical, deviant, deviative, heteroclite, unrepresentative, untypical

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Antonyms: natural
Related Words: anomalous, unnatural, nonnatural

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pre‧ter‧nat‧u‧ral /ˌpriːtəˈnætʃərəl◂ $ -tər-/ adjective formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: praeternaturalis, from Latin praeter naturam 'beyond nature']

1. beyond what is usual or normal:
He felt possessed of a preternatural strength and fearlessness.

2. strange, mysterious, and unnatural:
the preternatural green light
—preternaturally adverb:
The town was preternaturally quiet.

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