uncanniness

Variant of uncanny

uncanny definition

un·canny (un kan′ē)

adjective

  1. mysterious or unfamiliar, esp. in such a way as to frighten or make uneasy; preternaturally strange; eerie; weird
  2. so remarkable, acute, etc. as to seem preternatural uncanny shrewdness

Etymology: see un- & canny

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