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/nˈætʃəɹəlnəs/
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NOUN
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the likeness of a representation to the thing represented
engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music -
the quality of being natural or based on natural principles
the spontaneous naturalness of his manner
he accepted the naturalness of death - the quality of innocent naivete
How To Use naturalness In A Sentence
- Brother Jonathan," then just published by Blackwood in three large volumes, was read to him every night for weeks, and greatly to his satisfaction, as I then understood; though it seems by what Dr. Bowring -- I beg his pardon, Sir John Bowring -- says on the subject, that the "white-haired sage" was wide enough awake, on the whole, to form a pretty fair estimate of its unnaturalness and extravagance: being himself a great admirer of Richardson's ten-volume stories, like The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
- However, we are a culture that is obsessed with death as well as unnaturalness. Blue Dress Painting
- The blue tree is one of the most striking pieces of urban art I've seen: totally unexpected, vibrant, vital, and somehow natural despite its complete unnaturalness.
- Some components of a thriving friendship are honesty, naturalness, thoughtfulness, some common interests.
- The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of accuracy.
- This clearly shows the unnaturalness of the idea of borrowing foreign doctrines regardless of whether they can be adapted to the Russian environment.
- We should not mistake informality for inefficiency, or naturalness for sloppiness.
- Green: life, naturalness, restfulness, health, wealth, prosperity; in certain contexts, can imply decay, toxicity.
- Some components of a thriving friendship are honesty, naturalness, thoughtfulness, some common interests.
- The critics praised the reality of the scenery and the naturalness of the acting.