Preternatural
adjective
Beyond what is normal or natural.
She seems to have a preternatural capacity for getting others to agree with her.
Often appears as...
- preternatural ability
- preternatural sense
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Formal
adjective
Out of the ordinary range or limit.
His knowledge of the topic was preternatural.
Often appears as...
- preternatural intelligence
- preternatural knowledge
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Being out of or beyond the regular course or order of nature.
The storm had a preternatural intensity.
Often appears as...
- preternatural intensity
- preternatural storm
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Beyond what is normal or natural.
She seems to have a preternatural capacity for getting others to agree with her.
Often appears as...
- preternatural ability
- preternatural sense
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Out of the ordinary range or limit.
His knowledge of the topic was preternatural.
Often appears as...
- preternatural intelligence
- preternatural knowledge
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Being out of or beyond the regular course or order of nature.
The storm had a preternatural intensity.
Often appears as...
- preternatural intensity
- preternatural storm
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Magnified Abilities
Use 'preternatural' when someone's skill or ability is so impressive it seems beyond human.
He had a preternatural talent for playing the violin.
Pro Tip 2/3Heightened Senses
'Preternatural' can describe an almost superhuman perception, like hearing or intuition.
She possessed a preternatural sense of hearing.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasize Impact
Use 'preternatural' to emphasize the extraordinary effect someone or something has.
His preternatural charm had the whole room captivated.
Pro Tip 1/3Magnified Abilities
Use 'preternatural' when someone's skill or ability is so impressive it seems beyond human.
He had a preternatural talent for playing the violin.
Pro Tip 2/3Heightened Senses
'Preternatural' can describe an almost superhuman perception, like hearing or intuition.
She possessed a preternatural sense of hearing.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasize Impact
Use 'preternatural' to emphasize the extraordinary effect someone or something has.
His preternatural charm had the whole room captivated.
Pro Tip 1/3Magnified Abilities
Use 'preternatural' when someone's skill or ability is so impressive it seems beyond human.
He had a preternatural talent for playing the violin.
Pro Tip 2/3Heightened Senses
'Preternatural' can describe an almost superhuman perception, like hearing or intuition.
She possessed a preternatural sense of hearing.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasize Impact
Use 'preternatural' to emphasize the extraordinary effect someone or something has.
His preternatural charm had the whole room captivated.
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Quote examples
Carrie Preston
American Actress
That's What She Said' is not Hollywood's standard picture of women: preternaturally gorgeous, wedding obsessed, boy crazy, fashion focused, sexed up 'girl' women. These are real women, comically portrayed, who are trying to wrestle with the very expectations of womanhood that Hollywood movies set up.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Only an artist as preternaturally acute and copacetic, as oddly visionary and just odd as Richard Artschwager, would be able to lay out the whole course of human evolution and have it make some kind of sense while also seeming like a dazzling insight.
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Patricia Briggs
American Writer
The conflict between the creatures of Native Lore and the immigration of the European preternatural hosts is hinted at in 'Blood Bound' and reflects the conflicts between the human immigrants and the Indian people who were already here.
Quote examples
Carrie Preston
American Actress
That's What She Said' is not Hollywood's standard picture of women: preternaturally gorgeous, wedding obsessed, boy crazy, fashion focused, sexed up 'girl' women. These are real women, comically portrayed, who are trying to wrestle with the very expectations of womanhood that Hollywood movies set up.
Quote examples
Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Only an artist as preternaturally acute and copacetic, as oddly visionary and just odd as Richard Artschwager, would be able to lay out the whole course of human evolution and have it make some kind of sense while also seeming like a dazzling insight.
Quote examples
Patricia Briggs
American Writer
The conflict between the creatures of Native Lore and the immigration of the European preternatural hosts is hinted at in 'Blood Bound' and reflects the conflicts between the human immigrants and the Indian people who were already here.
Example 1 of 3
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