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Definition of preternatural adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

preternatural

adjective

NAmE//ˌprit̮ərˈnætʃrəl//

, NAmE//ˌprit̮ərˈnætʃərəl//

[only before noun] (formal)

that does not seem natural; that cannot be explained by natural laws preternatural power

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preternaturally

adverb The city was preternaturally quiet.See preternatural in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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