uncanny
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i adjective
1.
having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
2.
mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange: Uncanny sounds filled the house.
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uncanny (ʌnˈkænɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | characterized by apparently supernatural wonder, horror, etc |
| 2. | beyond what is normal or expected: an uncanny accuracy |
| un'cannily | |
| —adv | |
| un'canniness | |
| —n | |
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Uncanny
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Example sentences
The technique gave their illustrations an uncanny hand-drawn vibrancy.
His movements are slow and deliberate, and his voice has an uncanny steadiness to it.
At the age of eighty-four, he retains an unfaltering command of rhythm and an uncanny sensitivity to orchestral balances.
Farmers and herders have known for centuries that herds of cattle have an uncanny ability to all point in the same direction.
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