uncanny meaning and definition

UNCANNY adjective

Definition of uncanny (adjective)

1. 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
   • synonyms: eldritch, unearthly, weird
2. surpassing the ordinary or normal
   • "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"
   • synonyms: preternatural