All 3 Uses
uncanny
in
The Hobbit
(Edited)
- The nights were comfortless and chill, and they did not dare to sing or talk too loud, for the echoes were uncanny, and the silence seemed to dislike being broken-except by the noise of water and the wail of wind and the crack of stone.
p. 52.8uncanny = beyond what is normal
- Wolves are afraid of fire at all times, but this was a most horrible and uncanny fire.
p. 96.3 *uncanny = beyond what is natural
- They could not stand that, nor the huge bats, black as a top-hat, either; so they gave up fires and sat at night and dozed in the enormous uncanny darkness.
p. 131.9uncanny = beyond what is normal
Definitions:
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(1)
(uncanny) beyond what is natural
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)