[pre.ter.nat.u.ral] adj [ML praeternaturalis, fr. L praeter naturam beyond nature] (1580) 1: existing outside of nature
2: exceeding what is natural or regular: extraordinary "wits trained to ~ acuteness by the debates --G. L. Dickinson"
3: inexplicable by ordinary means; esp: psychic "~ phenomena" -- pre.ter.nat.u.ral.ly adv -- pre.ter.nat.u.ral.ness n