Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - uncanny
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Uncanny
uncanny
adjective Date: 1773 1. a. seeming to have a supernatural character or origin ; eerie, mysterious b. being beyond what is normal or expected ; suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers an ~ sense of direction 2. chiefly Scottish severe, punishing Synonyms: see weird • uncannily adverb • uncanniness noun
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1.
adj. (uncannier, uncanniest) seemingly supernatural; mysterious. Derivatives uncannily adv. uncanniness n. Etymology: (orig. Sc. & N.Engl.) f. UN-(1) + CANNY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. жуткий uncanny sort of fear —- жуткий страх 2. сверхъестественный uncanny shrewdness —- необыкновенная проницательность 3. шотл. опасный, ненадежный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
If you describe something as uncanny, you mean that it is strange and difficult to explain. The hero, Danny, bears an uncanny resemblance to Kirk Douglas... I had this uncanny feeling that Alice was warning me. ADJ • uncannily They have uncannily similar voices... ADV: usu ADV adj/adv ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1596, "mischievous;" 1773 in the sense of "supernatural," originally Scottish and northern English (see canny). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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