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uncanny
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  • Gonzo, on Sesame Street, bears an uncanny resemblance to my mother's side of the family.†  (source)
  • He did not start at the uncanny knowledge.†  (source)
  • Once again Lilian was struck by the uncanny way her best friend seemed to read her thoughts.†  (source)
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  • It was uncanny.†  (source)
  • They reminded me of mushrooms that suddenly appear after a wet night, uncannily white and fully formed, miraculous but ominous.†  (source)
  • "Ah, now I see how it is you know Shakespeare and everything, and have learned so much since you left school; which always seemed to me witchcraft before,—part of your general uncanniness," said Lucy.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • On the other hand, she had an uncanny resistance to physical pain: if she burnt her mouth or cut herself, as a rule she didn't cry.†  (source)
  • He was the size of a small child, but his movements were uncannily adult; and his authority onstage was beyond "adult"—it was supernatural.†  (source)
  • In the pause one became aware of the uncanniness of the silence all about us.†  (source)
  • Over the years, she must have mastered all of the hotel's hidden hallways, back passages, and connecting doors, while developing an uncanny sense of timing.†  (source)
  • Certainly, Miss Emily could be uncannily sharp.†  (source)
  • And if there was something uncanny about the enormity of the snowing, deadly silence— and as a child of civilization he most certainly felt there was—both his intellect and senses had long ago tasted of the uncanniness up here.†  (source)
  • After Cassie's death we came across an uncanny reminder of those terrible days: a spiral-bound notebook in her bedroom with a description of the period in her own hand.†  (source)
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