Preternatural

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from the natural.
  • adj. Surpassing the normal or usual; extraordinary: "Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steelā€ ( George F. Will).
  • adj. Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Beyond or different from what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; abnormal.
  • adj. Having an existence outside of the natural world. In this sense, everything supernatural is also preternatural.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being beyond what is natural, or different from what is natural; extraordinary: being out of the regular or natural course of things: distinguished from supernatural, being above nature, and unnatural, being contrary to nature.
  • Synonyms Miraculous, etc. See supernatural.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. surpassing the ordinary or normal
  • adj. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
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