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[ uhn-kan -ee ] SHOW IPA
/ ʌnˈkæn i / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange: Uncanny sounds filled the house.
Origin of uncanny First recorded in 1590–1600; un-1 + canny
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synonym study for uncanny 2 . See weird.
OTHER WORDS FROM uncanny un·can·ni·ly, adverb un·can·ni·ness, noun Words nearby uncanny UNC, uncage, uncaged, uncal, uncalled-for, uncanny , uncanny valley, uncanonical, uncap, uncapable, uncared-for
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Example sentences from the Web for uncanny Archaeologists have an uncanny ability to ignore the discomforts and channel the time period and the people they're studying.
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In an uncanny way, that describes the precise definition of the hipster, when the term first appeared in the American vocabulary.
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Another had an uncanny ability to land paving jobs in Southern Nevada.
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Almost nothing has been touched since the fall of the USSR in 1991, providing an uncanny glimpse behind the Iron Curtain.
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And from the side, with the lips and ears elongated, the resemblance is uncanny .
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The island was a menace to coasters and bore an uncanny reputation.
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To bestir himself upon the authority of such an uncanny warning seemed rather foolish.
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Jordan was immediately sent for, and, notwithstanding his uncanny appearance, Garfield was at once prepossessed in his favor.
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There would be trouble if the young gentleman should come in while the strange, uncanny man was with the young lady.
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In the darkness of the night, far up among the rough, forbidding mountains it was all very weird and uncanny .
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British Dictionary definitions for uncanny adjective characterized by apparently supernatural wonder, horror, etc
beyond what is normal or expected an uncanny accuracy
Derived forms of uncanny uncannily , adverb uncanniness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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