Preternatural
English Meaning
Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor.
- Out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from the natural.
- Surpassing the normal or usual; extraordinary: "Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel” ( George F. Will).
- Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.