I’ve known Schereé Reed for years, and I feel his journey is an important one. I asked him to talk about something deeply personal—his journey of unmasking. What emerged was a discussion of the ...

Understanding the Context

natural, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, artless mean free from pretension or calculation. natural implies lacking artificiality and self-consciousness and having a spontaneousness suggesting the natural rather than the man-made world. ingenuous implies inability to disguise or conceal one's feelings or intentions. NATURAL definition: existing in or formed by nature.

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See examples of natural used in a sentence. NATURAL definition: 1. as found in nature and not involving anything made or done by people: 2. A natural ability or…. Learn more.

Final Thoughts

1. of, existing in, or produced by nature: natural science; natural cliffs. 2. in accordance with human nature: it is only natural to want to be liked. 3. as is normal or to be expected; ordinary or logical: the natural course of events.

4. not acquired; innate: a natural gift for sport. not affected by humans or civilization; uncultivated; wild: in the natural state this animal is not ferocious being or made from organic material; not synthetic: a natural fibre like cotton In a natural manner; = naturally adv. to come natural (usually with to): to be a natural or instinctive action; to be achieved without apparent effort or difficulty.