Free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction" being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent" related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent" (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing" (of a key) containing no sharps or flats; (of a note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone; "a natural scale"; "B natural" functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies; "it's the natural thing to happen"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild" existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly natural explanation" existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers" in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources"; "natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena" (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for the job"
To a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways" space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way" the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" a journey or passage; "they are on the way" how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond" (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit" from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." it would be sensible; "you'd best stay at home" in a most excellent way or manner; "he played best after a couple of martinis" Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978) the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them" the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best" get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
To a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways" space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way" the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path" the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" a journey or passage; "they are on the way" how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"