His other arm lay across his chest, unnaturally, as if placed there deliberately, for a purpose. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : the unnatural atmosphere of the place. ,an obsessive and unnatural hatred. ,a stiff, unnatural manner. From Dictionary.com.
But realize that you're adding it to make food taste "unnaturally" good. From Wordnik.com. [Make Reverse-Engineered KFC At Home | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
So economics does play a role, but there are other factors as well, that are skewing things "unnaturally". From Wordnik.com. [The Dreams of Workers] Reference
The bumptious king adores Becket - perhaps "unnaturally" so, according to his scolding mother - and trusts him without reservation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
As would presuming its inventor would be so inept as to require special levers and hidden cranks to "unnaturally" make the invention work. From Wordnik.com. [A Message About ID] Reference
I assume the "unnaturally" short also do not deserve marriage like so-called normal people. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Oh, I do hope nothing will drive us out of our Paradise this summer, for I seem to hate the North more 'unnaturally' than ever. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II] Reference
O'Connor, not unnaturally, balked a little at first. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
They were unnaturally white and somehow familiarly shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from "Change" where a 1963D Quarter is followed for a hundred years.] Reference
Cartwright not unnaturally said: "May the Devil go with them.". From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
It is a melodious sing-song that sounds unnaturally resonant. From Wordnik.com. [I'm Writing] Reference
“Sarala” — her voice is strained, the pitch unnaturally high. From Wordnik.com. [The Dying Tradition] Reference
"I just told you so," said the old man, not unnaturally starting back. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
The athlete's proper goal is to perform unusually well, not unnaturally well. From Wordnik.com. [Barry Bonds's Enhancement] Reference
The isolated and unnaturally attentive Wims again caught the lieutenant's eye. From Wordnik.com. [I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon] Reference
Suddenly, the TV picture looked atrocious — harsh, glaring, unnaturally sharp. From Wordnik.com. [Fine-tune your new HDTV for the best picture quality] Reference
Her face is screwed up in resentment, natural symmetry unnaturally out of square. From Wordnik.com. [Hives] Reference
And in the lower right corner, the empty, speckled, unnaturally large peel lies in a heap. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Punishments] Reference
I have seen you too often in Rome to be deceived by the flimsy disguise you wear so unnaturally!. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Her sister's eyes were unnaturally open, stretching the thin skin under them. From Wordnik.com. [Sisters] Reference
The flush faded suddenly in her cheeks, leaving them unnaturally white; her eyes filled with tears. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Such wealth, such a train of guards, and such popularity, not unnaturally excited both envy and alarm. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
The man who gave the world the famously (and unnaturally) orange snack known as Cheez Doodles has died. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Goodbye] Reference
Everything is suddenly lemon-scented, unnaturally, and it makes Abraham think of labor strikes and radon. From Wordnik.com. [Red Left Hand] Reference
Parts that are unnaturally contracted are electrically negative in excess, and need to be made more positive. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
Lessingham, not unnaturally nonplussed by the other's curious conduct, stared at him in unmistakable amazement. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
A glance at the pale face and unnaturally bright eyes of the girl brought the jester, however, to a quick decision. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
As not infrequently happens with women who preserve an unnaturally youthful appearance, under the stress of deep emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
This is where the trouble starts, because the cast seems carefully, and unnaturally, plucked from some crude ethnic buffet. From Wordnik.com. [Revisiting the Tsunami] Reference
When some facts are obvious, and some are latent, the blame, if trouble exists, is not unnaturally laid on the visible facts. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
She directed this at Jen who was looking very nervous; also pale and thinner than usual, her nose unnaturally red and shiny. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Hardy] Reference
Her eyes were unnaturally bright, and her lips were compressed, as if she had made, and was strong to keep, some dark resolve. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Madame began by saying that she thought I was unnaturally hasty in concluding that we were really left on this island for life. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
We looked at them at the National Zoo, tried to get some feeling as to whether the National Zoo had an unnaturally high death rate. From Wordnik.com. [National Disaster?] Reference
Sometimes they hid from one another under the legs of a giraffe who appeared to stand in quiet shame at its unnaturally short neck. From Wordnik.com. [Green Animals] Reference
However, there was a decided air of melancholy about the old city; the narrow streets with their arcaded walks were unnaturally silent. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
Fond as they were of each other, his brother was too young to enter into the feelings that were unnaturally old, because forced on him. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
After his father died, the boy, not unnaturally, placed him -- the only one whose will he had ever had to respect -- high in his reverence. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
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