naturally

English

Etymology

From Middle English naturally, naturaly, naturely, naturaliche, natureliche, equivalent to natural +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəli/

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Adverb

naturally (comparative more naturally, superlative most naturally)

1. In a natural manner.

   Although he was unused to the situation, he tried to act naturally.

   • 2024 August 16, Tiffany May, “At 19, a Hong Kong Panda Is Finally a Mother”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Ying Ying, a panda at a Hong Kong theme park, has given birth to twins that were conceived naturally, a cause for celebration for conservationists rooting for the survival of this vulnerable and low-libido species.

2. Inherently or by nature.

   Boys are naturally aggressive.

3. Surely or without any doubt.

   I shall naturally protest at that decision.

   Would you like a glass of champagne, sir? - Naturally!

Synonyms

• (in a natural manner): genuinely, normally, unaffectedly
• (inherently or by nature): essentially, innately, intrinsically; See also Thesaurus:intrinsically
• (surely): absolutely, certainly, undoubtedly, wis (dialect), without a doubt

Derived terms

• natch

Translations

in a natural manner

• Bulgarian: естествено (bg) (estestveno), приро́дно (bg) (priródno)
• Catalan: naturalment (ca)
• Czech: přirozeně (cs)
• Dutch: natuurlijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nature (eo), laŭnature
• Finnish: luonnollisesti (fi)
• French: naturellement (fr)
• Galician: naturalmente
• Greek: φυσικά (el) (fysiká)

  Ancient: φυσικῶς (phusikôs)

• Hungarian: természetesen (hu)
• Ido: naturale (io)
• Italian: naturalmente (it)
• Latin: naturaliter
• Northern Sami: lunddolaččat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naturlig (no)

• Polish: naturalnie (pl)
• Portuguese: naturalmente (pt)
• Romanian: natural (ro)
• Russian: есте́ственно (ru) (jestéstvenno)
• Spanish: naturalmente (es)
• Swedish: naturligt (sv)
• Telugu: సహజంగా (sahajaṅgā)

inherently or by nature

• Albanian: natyshëm
• Bulgarian: по природа (po priroda), по рождение (po roždenie), приро́дно (bg) (priródno)
• Catalan: naturalment (ca)
• Czech: přirozeně (cs)
• Dutch: van nature
• Finnish: luonnostaan (fi)
• Galician: naturalmente
• Greek: φυσικά (el) (fysiká)
• Hungarian: eredendően (hu), természeténél fogva
• Italian: naturalmente (it)
• Japanese: 勿論 (ja) (もちろん, mochiron)
• Latin: nātūrāliter
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naturlig (no)

• Polish: naturalnie (pl)
• Portuguese: naturalmente (pt)
• Romanian: natural (ro), firește (ro)
• Russian: есте́ственно (ru) (jestéstvenno)
• Swedish: av naturen, naturligt (sv)

surely

• Albanian: natyrisht (sq)
• Bashkir: әлбиттә (əlbittə)
• Bulgarian: естествено (bg) (estestveno), разбира се (razbira se)
• Catalan: naturalment (ca)
• Czech: přirozeně (cs)
• Dutch: natuurlijk (nl), uiteraard (nl), vanzelfsprekend (nl), tuurlijk (nl) (informal)
• Esperanto: kompreneble, certe (eo)
• Finnish: luonnollisesti (fi)
• Galician: naturalmente
• German: natürlich (de)

  Alemannic German: natüürlich

• Greek: φυσικά (el) (fysiká)
• Hungarian: természetesen (hu), nyilván (hu), persze (hu), értelemszerűen (hu)
• Interlingua: naturalmente
• Italian: naturalmente (it)
• Latin: quippe, nempe (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naturligvis (no), selvfølgelig

• Persian: طبیعتاً (tabi'atan)
• Polish: naturalnie (pl)
• Portuguese: naturalmente (pt)
• Romanian: natural (ro), desigur (ro), bineînțeles (ro)
• Russian: есте́ственно (ru) (jestéstvenno)
• Slovene: sevéda (sl)
• Swedish: naturligtvis (sv), givetvis (sv)
• Zazaki: eya (diq)

See also

• of course