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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Carbonaceous chondrites arrive on Earth naturally, but they account for only about 5% of all meteorite falls.

From Science Daily

NAD+ levels naturally decline throughout the body, including the brain, as people age.

From Science Daily

If Christmas is a celebration of life, as well as a time to seek peace and human understanding, then war, naturally, is its opposite.

From Salon

They find that others still prefer to keep their distance, despite the fact that the disease isn’t spread through casual contact and 95% of people are naturally immune.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’d love to be in more contemporary things, but I’m just naturally someone who loves period pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal

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