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preternatural

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preternatural in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
    "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley
    nonnatural  otherworldly  preternatural  transcendental 
  2. surpassing the ordinary or normal
    "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"
    preternatural  uncanny 
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