/ ʌnˈkæni; NAmE / adjective
strange and difficult to explain
SYN weird :
I had an uncanny feeling I was being watched.
It was uncanny really, almost as if she knew what I was thinking.
► un·can·nily / -ɪli; NAmE / adverb :
He looked uncannily like someone I knew.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (originally Scots in the sense relating to the occult, malicious ): from un- not + canny .