Uncanny
[ʌn'kænɪ] or [ʌn'kæni]
Definition
(a.) Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.
Editor: Val
Definition
adj. weird: unearthly: supposed to possess supernatural powers: dangerous severe.—adv. Uncann′ily.—n. Uncann′iness.
Checker: Tina
Examples
- He was such an unutterable enemy, yet glistening with uncanny white fire. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Birkin had a great subtle energy, that would press upon the other man with an uncanny force, weigh him like a spell put upon him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The wild cat's round, green, wondering eyes were staring all the while like uncanny fires. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Most uncanny, I remarked, turning to Tars Tarkas. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He could not bear to meet the uncanny, downward look of Gerald's blue eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was a brave man, but he had felt the short hairs bristle upon the nape of his neck when that uncanny cry rose upon the air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And to think, she said, that uncanny thing was probably watching me all the time that I was writing--oo! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Gerald's face was lit up with an uncanny smile, full of light and rousedness, yet unconscious. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a strange battle between her ordinary consciousness and his uncanny, black-art consciousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- With their uncanny marksmanship they raked the on-coming fleet with volley after volley. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Typist: Melba