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naturally

/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ adverb B1
  1. In a natural manner. · Although he was unused to the situation, he tried to act naturally.
  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!
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One of the articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to run my eye through it.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 17 · B2
Naturally he had no doubt that Cadogan West was guilty.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 17 · B2
At the same time, he would naturally feel loyalty towards the officials who were working on the same case, and he would not conceal from them anything which would help them in bringing a criminal to justice.
The Valley of Fear, p. 64 · C1
Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 2 · B2

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