naturalistically
- adverb
- /ˌnæʧərəˈlɪstɪkli/
:
de manera natural
- Mangbetu artists are famed for the naturalistically carved and modeled human forms with which they ornamented a range of objects, including harps, horns, knives, pipes, and vessels.
Examples
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The artist painted the landscape naturalistically, capturing every detail of the trees and sky.
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"Nick here gives voice to what readers making the assumption of realism avoid recognizing; when taken naturalistically, the narrative is indeed applesauce.
Academic text (2017) -
As was already typical for the second Gondarene style, weapons, costumes, and utensils are represented naturalistically.
Academic text (2009) -
The unexpected gold forces us to readjust our (naturalistically) formed assumptions and see the whole story in a new, more arbitrary light.
Academic text (1991) -
Stein's point is the fairly obvious one that James's style was greatly in excess of what was needed to describe life naturalistically; but she carried the point two steps further.
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Here, like a detail from a much larger scene, are more than a dozen nude female figures naturalistically portrayed in all kinds of overlapping postures at one corner of a public bath.
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Naturalistically sculptured animals and human or superhuman figures, like fishmen, are symmetrically arranged at the sides of the tree or god.
Academic text (1993) -
Patterns were named after tipuna such as Maui and Rauru; they were also portrayed as abstract figures, and from the 1870s, more naturalistically.
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The illuminators normally made sure of distinctions in the naturalistically depicted narrative miracles between heaven and earth, and between the imagined space of the heavenly court in its blue stratosphere and mankind below.
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In the film, the characters behave naturalistically, reflecting real human emotions and interactions.
Synonyms
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Because of a person's usual character, not outside influence
Antonyms
How Natural
Surface Forms
Morphology
naturalistically = naturalistic (transparent) = natural + istic + ally
The meaning 'in a way that imitates or represents nature' follows directly from 'natural' + '-istic' + '-ally', a standard adjectival-to-adverbial derivation.
Etymology
Naturalistically comes from natural, meaning 'nature', with -istic and -ally added to make 'in a natural way'. So when someone acts or describes things naturalistically, they try to show life as it really is, making it feel real and believable.