UNNATURALLY Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

unnaturally

adverb

as in artificially

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Recent Examples of unnaturally Earlier versions looked unnaturally green, while the team also considered how the character’s skin would react to different lighting. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Calvin’s eager-to-please son, Wade (Charlie Heaton), watches his captain fall prey to unnaturally turning tides. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026 Experts back then warned that as trains got faster, passengers would suffocate, or that looking at unnaturally fast-moving scenery could permanently compromise visual processing. — Mark P. Mills, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 Naturally—or, rather, unnaturally—the look includes total pubic hair removal. — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026 Flies buzz over the rotting carcass, which is riven by claw marks so unnaturally deep that no one can determine whomauledit. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026 In his view, the goal isn’t to lift Klotho levels unnaturally but to correct a shortage in our bodies. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026 Because the hive-minded beings communicate telepathically, re-recording mixer Larry Benjamin explained that the world often becomes unnaturally quiet, forcing the sound team to rethink where tension and comedy originate. — Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 Don’t hesitate to pick up a few and compare, setting any aside that feel unnaturally light. — Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026

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artificially

Adverb

Fungi can artificially inflate the price by hoarding the phosphorus in their network and then driving the price of it, waiting basically until the plant is able to provide more carbon in return.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Defensive capabilities ‘artificially restricted’ That information deficit has been compounded by Elon Musk’s Starlink curbing some internet services in Ukraine, according to local officials.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

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