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preternatural   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 ˏpritZˋnætʃәrәl,-tʃrәl 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˏpriːtәˊnætʃәrәl 〕


Overview of adj preternatural

The adj preternatural has 2 senses


  • preternatural, uncanny -- (surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction")

  • nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental -- (existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley)