uncanny Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
   weird; eldritch; unearthly.
   
   • 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
2. adjective satellite surpassing the ordinary or normal
   preternatural.
   
   • Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will
   • his uncanny sense of direction

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