Uncanny - Definition

adj 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 [syn: eldritch, weird, uncanny,
unearthly]
2: surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural
affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will;
"his uncanny sense of direction" [syn: preternatural,
uncanny]