uncannily adv

uncannily adv
"Mmmm, homemade soup," said Tom uncannily.

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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

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