[onlybeforenoun] (formal) that does not seem natural; that cannot be explained by natural laws:
preternatural power / skill
preternaturally adverb:
The city was preternaturally quiet.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, preternatural is tagged as adjective.
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