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Her uncanny sense of direction
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Wolves are afraid of fire at all times, but this was a most horrible and uncanny fire. (source)uncanny = beyond what is natural
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Everett Ruess's correspondence reveals uncanny parallels between Ruess and Chris McCandless.† (source)
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Gonzo, on Sesame Street, bears an uncanny resemblance to my mother's side of the family.† (source)
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He did not start at the uncanny knowledge.† (source)
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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)
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They reminded me of mushrooms that suddenly appear after a wet night, uncannily white and fully formed, miraculous but ominous.† (source)
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"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.
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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)
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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)
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In the pause one became aware of the uncanniness of the silence all about us.† (source)
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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)
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Certainly, Miss Emily could be uncannily sharp.† (source)
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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)
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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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