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Adjective: preternatural  ,pree-tu(r)'na-chu-rul
  1. Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
    "find preternatural motives for sublunary action";
    - nonnatural, otherworldly, transcendental
     
  2. Surpassing the ordinary or normal
    "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel";
    - uncanny

See also: extraordinary, supernatural

Encyclopedia: Preternatural