Definition for NAT'U-RAL-LY

NAT'U-RAL-LY, adv.

  1. According to nature; by the force or impulse of nature; not by art or habit. We are naturally prone to evil.
  2. According to nature; without affectation; with just representation; according to life.
  3. According to the usual course of things; as, the effect or consequence naturally follows.
  4. Spontaneously; without art or cultivation. Every plant must have grown naturally in some place or other.

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