unnaturally
adverb/ʌnˈnætʃərəli/
Frequency rank: #18,756 most common English word
Meaning
in a way that is strange or not normal; not as expected in nature or behavior.
Example sentence
The sky turned unnaturally dark just before the storm arrived.
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