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uncannily

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un·can·ny  (n-kn)
adj. un·can·ni·er, un·can·ni·est
1. Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie. See Synonyms at weird.
2. So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural.

[un- + canny, fortunate, safe (obsolete).]

un·canni·ly adv.
un·canni·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.uncannily - in an uncanny manner; "uncannily human robots"
Translations
uncannily [ʌnˈkænɪlɪ] ADVmisteriosamente
it is uncannily like the other onetiene un asombroso parecido con el otro, se parece extraordinariamente al otro
uncannily [ˌʌnˈkænɪli] adv
[similar, quiet, accurate] → étrangement
[resemble, coincide, fit] → d'une manière troublante
uncannily
advunheimlich; his guesses are uncannily accuratees ist unheimlich or nicht ganz geheuer, wie genau er alles errät; to look uncannily like somebody/somethingjdm/einer Sache auf unheimliche Weise ähnlich sehen
uncannily [ʌnˈkænɪlɪ] advstraordinariamente, incredibilmente
uncannily [ʌnˈkænɪlɪ] advstraordinariamente, incredibilmente


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Opening his blinded eyes, Levin gazed through the thick veil of rain that separated him now from the copse, and to his horror the first thing he saw was the green crest of the familiar oak-tree in the middle of the copse uncannily changing its position.
She was nearly as strong as I, and uncannily clever at all boys' sports.
The blacks who had witnessed his advent looked on in amazement as they saw the naked giant leap easily into the branches of the tree from whence he had dropped so uncannily upon the scene, and vanish as he had come, bearing away their prisoner with him.
 
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