supernaturally
4
7.9
- adverb
- /ˌsuːpərˈnætʃərəli/
:
sobrenaturalmente
- You may not see how in the natural, but God has countless ways to supernaturally provide for you!
Let the don't grow anything for a year and God says don't worry, I will bless you so much supernaturally that you'll have two years extra worth.
- Let the don't grow anything for a year and God says don't worry, I will bless you so much supernaturally that you'll have two years extra worth.
- For some people that just come supernaturally and you know, you're like, there you are a cave woman with your child and they nurse and everything's wonderful.
Examples
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In the background, flames, nearly supernaturally, leap up the wall and toward the computer monitor.
Fiction book (2000) -
There might be more knowledge supernaturally supplied as the events unfold.
Blog text (27) -
While God does act through men, He also acts supernaturally to accomplish His purposes.
Blog text (12) -
I felt the intense prayer of the other leaders supernaturally lifting me.
Blog text (5) -
Once discovered, the crucifix was brought to Italy by a supernaturally guided ship.
Academic text (1993) -
God created the first animate and inanimate things supernaturally and instantly.
Blog text (8) -
You'll be absolutely, gloriously, wonderfully, supernaturally glad that you did.
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The story of a savior... who was born to a virgin, who could perform miracles and was supernaturally resurrected, was a very popular story for at least a thousand years before Jesus was born.
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Of the great many who might be cited, I will quote only the one I happen to be reading as I write this: "I felt, in my extreme unworthiness, that I had received supernaturally the favors for which I had been asking in the words of the prayer I spoke of."
Academic text (2009) -
The investigation revealed a supernaturally bright light in the sky that no one could explain.
Synonyms
98
4.3
In a way that seems impossible and happens suddenly
62
5.9
In a very surprising way that seems impossible
14
6.5
In a way believed to be from God
10
9.3
By using the mind to sense things people cannot see or hear
3
9.9
In a way that is much more than normal
2
8.2
In a way that seems connected to spiritual or unseen forces
1
8.9
In a way that involves events beyond normal science
In a way that uses secret powers like magic
In a way that seems mysterious and spiritual
Antonyms
How Supernatural
Surface Forms
Morphology
supernaturally = supernatural (transparent) = super + natural + ly
The adverb is a regular -ly formation from the adjective 'supernatural', which itself is transparently built from 'super' + 'natural'.
Etymology
Supernaturally comes from the parts super- meaning 'above' or 'beyond' and natural, from nature, meaning 'the natural world'. So supernaturally describes something that seems 'beyond' nature's usual laws, which is why we use it for things we cannot explain by normal science.