- uncannily adv
- "Mmmm, homemade soup," said Tom uncannily.
English expressions. 2014.
uncannily adv
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uncannily — adv. Uncannily is used with these adjectives: ↑accurate, ↑similar Uncannily is used with these verbs: ↑resemble … Collocations dictionary
uncannily — adv. in an uncanny manner, inexplicably; in a mysterious manner … English contemporary dictionary
uncanny — uncannily, adv. uncanniness, n. /un kan ee/, adj. 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… … Universalium
uncanny — un|can|ny [ʌnˈkæni] adj very strange and difficult to explain ▪ an uncanny coincidence >uncannily adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
can n — pecan n, uncannily adv … English expressions
uncanny — [ʌnˈkæni] adj strange and mysterious uncannily adv … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
uncanny — [un kan′ē] adj. [see UN & CANNY] 1. mysterious or unfamiliar, esp. in such a way as to frighten or make uneasy; preternaturally strange; eerie; weird 2. so remarkable, acute, etc. as to seem preternatural [uncanny shrewdness] SYN. WEIRD uncannily … English World dictionary
uncanny — adj. (uncannier, uncanniest) seemingly supernatural; mysterious. Derivatives: uncannily adv. uncanniness n. Etymology: (orig. Sc. & N.Engl.) f. UN (1) + CANNY … Useful english dictionary
eerily — adv. frighteningly, uncannily, weirdly … English contemporary dictionary
uncanny — [[t]ʌ̱nkæ̱ni[/t]] ADJ GRADED 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.… … English dictionary
