Water flows naturally downhill, carving riverbeds and shaping the landscape over thousands of years.
水自然地向下流动，雕刻河床，并在数千年间塑造了地形。
A separate research team led by Omar Haddad found that sediment naturally accumulating in the same wetland is raising its elevation fast enough to offset a significant portion of the projected sea-level rise, though not all of it.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
A food scientist claims that a newly developed low-sugar fruit spread is perceived by consumers as tasting sweeter than its actual sugar content would suggest, due to a naturally sweet-tasting fiber additive.
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Traditional wattle-and-daub construction techniques weave flexible branches into a lattice frame, then coat it with a mixture of mud, straw, and animal dung; this method not only uses inexpensive, locally sourced materials but also produces walls with breathable properties that help regulate indoor humidity naturally.
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Which choice best defines “naturally”?
D — In a natural manner; as expected. “naturally” means in a natural manner; as expected.
Which word means “in a natural manner; as expected”?
C — naturally. “naturally” means in a natural manner; as expected.
naturally — in a natural manner; as expected. In Chinese: 自然地.
naturally is pronounced /ˈnætʃərəli/.
Water flows naturally downhill, carving riverbeds and shaping the landscape over thousands of years. (水自然地向下流动，雕刻河床，并在数千年间塑造了地形。)
instinctively, spontaneously, inherently — all close in meaning to naturally (in a natural manner; as expected).
artificially, unnaturally — each the opposite of naturally (in a natural manner; as expected).
Yes. naturally is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.