| a. | 1. | Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. |
| Adj. | 1. | uncanny - suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley |
| 2. | uncanny - beyond what is natural; "his uncanny sense of direction"; (`unco' is chiefly Scottish) Synonyms: unco |
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