Naturally

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Naturally \Nat"u*ral*ly\, adv.
     In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of
     things; spontaneously.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  naturally
       adv 1: as might be expected; "naturally, the lawyer sent us a huge
              bill" [syn: {of course}, {course}] [ant: {unnaturally}]
       2: through inherent nature; "he was naturally lazy" [syn: {by
          nature}]
       3: according to nature; by natural means; without artificial
          help; "naturally grown flowers" [ant: {artificially}]
       4: in a natural or normal manner; "speak naturally and easily"
          [ant: {unnaturally}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  138 Moby Thesaurus words for "naturally":
     OK, Roger, absolutely, accordingly, actually, all right, alright,
     alrighty, amen, and so, artlessly, as a consequence, as a result,
     as a rule, as expected, as per usual, as things go, as usual,
     as you say, assuredly, authentically, aye, by all means, by birth,
     by nature, candidly, casually, certainly, chiefly, clearly,
     commonly, congenitally, consequently, customarily, da, directly,
     easily, en famille, exactly, familiarly, finally, fine, generally,
     genetically, genuinely, good, good enough, guilelessly, habitually,
     hear, honestly, immanently, in plain English, in plain words,
     inconsequence, indeed, indeedy, inevitably, informally,
     ingenuously, innately, instinctively, internally, intrinsically,
     inwardly, it follows that, ja, just so, legitimately, logically,
     mainly, mais oui, matter-of-factly, most assuredly, most often,
     mostly, naturellement, necessarily, normally, normatively,
     obviously, of course, of necessity, offhand, offhandedly, okay,
     openheartedly, openly, ordinarily, originally, oui, plainly,
     point-blank, positively, precisely, prescriptively, primally,
     primitively, quite, rather, really, regularly, relaxedly, right,
     righto, sans ceremonie, simply, straightforwardly, sure,
     sure thing, surely, therefore, to be expected, to be sure,
     to the point, truly, unaffectedly, unassumedly, unassumingly,
     unceremoniously, unconstrainedly, unofficially, unpretentiously,
     usually, veridically, very well, warts and all, well and good,
     why yes, without ceremony, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed,
     yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree