adjective
natural
Normal or unsurprising in the circumstances.
Feeling nervous before your first performance is natural.
Etymology
Latin naturalis means of nature. The ordinary-expectation sense treats an event or reaction as following the usual course of things without needing a special explanation.
More examples
- Her surprise was a natural response to the announcement.
- It is natural to miss familiar places after moving.
- His concern seemed perfectly natural under the circumstances.
Forms
natural
Similar words
- understandable
- Reasonable to comprehend rather than normally expected.
- normal
- Usual or typical without necessarily an inherent explanation.