What is the meaning of preternatural?

adjective

  • Surpassing the ordinary or normal.
    • usage: "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"
  • Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature."find transcendental motives for sublunary action-Aldous Huxley
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