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supernaturally, adv.|s(j)uːpəˈnætjʊərəlɪ, -tʃərəlɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In a supernatural manner. 1. By supernatural agency or means; in a manner transcending the ordinary course of nature.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xxiv. 94 All þat we haue outwarde or inwarde, naturely or supernaturaly, all are þi benefetes. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 50 b, The vij gyftes of the holy goost directeth man supernaturally. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 834 John Gerson hath defined Ecclesiasticall authoritie to bee a power supernaturallie and spiritually giuen of the Lord to his Disciples. 1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. xii. §6. 180 It is a common doctrine, That faith and holinesse are not acquired by..naturall reason, but are..supernaturally infused. a1768Secker Lect. (1769) I. xv. 235 God..may..subject us to any Difficulties that he pleases, provided he bestows on us, whether naturally or supernaturally, the Power of going through them. 1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §6. 22 In no case have we any proof..of Truth having been as supernaturally conveyed by any men to their fellows as it has been conveyed by the Spirit of God to themselves. †2. Abnormally, preternaturally.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 28 b/1 The bloode which supernaturallye hath issued out of any parte..as in those which spitt bloode, or bleede much out of the nose. 1752Law Spir. Love ii. (1816) 106 Nothing..can be done to any creature supernaturally, or in a way that is without, or contrary to, the powers of nature. 3. More than naturally; to an abnormal extent; extraordinarily. Obs. or arch.
1589Nashe Pref. Greene's Menaphon (Arb.) 11 Sir Iohn Cheeke, a man of men, supernaturally traded in al tongues. c1590Marlowe Faustus ix, I'le gul him supernaturally. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. ii. iv. (Qo. 1601) You neuer skind a new beauty more prosperously in your life, nor more supernaturally [ed. 1616 metaphysically]. 1853G. Brimley Ess., Bleak Ho. (1858) 289 So dreadfully amiable and supernaturally benevolent. |