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View definitions for second nature

second nature

noun as in habitual behavior pattern

adjective as in deeply ingrained

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He's still a teenager whose pace and ability to ghost past defenders is second nature to him.

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The idea is that once it comes to gametime, passes can come from any direction and hauling them in becomes second nature because it’s such a familiar process.

“It was very much second nature to us.”

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“The way that she thinks and moves and speaks and acts and behaves is almost second nature because of how long I’ve lived in her,” Ramsey says.

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But what might’ve felt unnatural to him not that long ago, he says, is starting to feel like second nature.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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