UNCANNY
\ʌnkˈani], \ʌnkˈani], \ʌ_n_k_ˈa_n_i]\
Definitions of UNCANNY
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suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley
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beyond what is natural; "his uncanny sense of direction"; (`unco' is chiefly Scottish)
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Weird; vaguely mysterious; unearthly.
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Uncannily.
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Uncanniness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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