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Meaning of uncanny

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  uncanny
      adj 1: 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 [syn: {eldritch}, {weird}, {uncanny},
             {unearthly}]
      2: surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural
         affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will;
         "his uncanny sense of direction" [syn: {preternatural},
         {uncanny}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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