naturally

[nach-er-uh-lee, -uhl-lee, nach-ruh-lee, -ruhl-lee] / ˈnætʃ ər ə li, -əl li, ˈnætʃ rə li, -rəl li /

ADVERB

as anticipated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently easily generally instinctively normally simply spontaneously typically uniformly usually

WEAK

artlessly but of course by birth by nature candidly casually characteristically customarily freely genuinely habitually impulsively informally innocently openly ordinarily readily unaffectedly unpretentiously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly unusually

WEAK

affectedly unnaturally

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"Our study shows that sunlight is the primary driver of this process, and that the molecules released from plastics are very different from those produced naturally in rivers and soils."

From Science Daily

That precision does not extend naturally beyond Earth.

From Science Daily

But toggling from the massive to the minute comes naturally to her.

From Los Angeles Times

Oraka said a council estate was a "very unique place" where there are "a lot of naturally talented people".

From BBC

I was a plus-one, so naturally I stood in line on an unusually hot November day holding a cake I didn’t make.

From The Wall Street Journal

naturally

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