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un·can·ny

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) KEY

ADJECTIVE:
un·can·ni·er , un·can·ni·est

Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie. See Synonyms at weird.
So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural.

ETYMOLOGY:
un- ¹ + canny , fortunate, safe (obsolete)

OTHER FORMS:
un·canni·ly (Adverb), un·canni·ness (Noun)

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