Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a connatural manner; connately; by nature; originally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By the act of nature; originally; from birth.
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- adverb In a
connatural manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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An interesting perspective towards the connaturally unrealistic anonymity of net-life.
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Neither is known connaturally and, therefore, is not part of the natural law.
Jacques Maritain Sweet, William 2008
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For the pre-capitalist man, this "limitless" material desire is seen as irrational, since he connaturally recognizes that he has a strictly limited number of needs to be satisfied in the measure demanded by his station in life.
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Himself alone, and standing always, and moving Himself; and neither standing, nor moving Himself, but, as one might say, both connaturally and supernaturally, having His providential energies, in His steadfastness, and
Dionysius the Areopagite, Works (1897) Dionysius the Areopagite 1897
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An interesting perspective towards the connaturally unrealistic anonymity of net-life.
Daring Fireball John Gruber 2010
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+ though connaturally related to the body, it is itself absolutely simple, i.e. of an unextended and spiritual nature.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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The first principles of this law are known connaturally, not rationally or through concepts ” by an activity that Maritain, following Aquinas, called
Jacques Maritain Sweet, William 2008
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