Meaning & use
Uncannily
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In a strange or mysterious way that seems beyond natural explanation.
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The sisters looked uncannily alike despite not being twins.
His prediction turned out to be uncannily accurate.
A note on using this word
Comes from "canny," a Scots word for shrewd or knowing; "uncanny" originally meant something beyond safe, ordinary understanding.
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