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How to spell naturally

Naturally is spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L-L-Y. The part people get wrong: double L.

What it means: In a normal or expected way.

In a sentence: Birds naturally sing in the morning. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: natural, unnatural, naturalness, nature. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Naturally” comes from the Latin word “natura,” meaning “birth” or “character,” which became “nature” in English. Over time, English added the endings -al and -ly to move from the noun “nature” to the adjective “natural” and then to the adverb “naturally.”

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