uncanny

«uncanny» in Mova's school dictionary: strange in a spooky way, as if not quite natural — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (uncannier, uncanniest)

meaning for a pupil

Uncanny means strange in a spooky way, as if not quite natural. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, an eerie hour, a graveyard, or a skill that seems more than human

examples

• The house was uncannily quiet. tree →
• At an uncanny hour he passed the graveyard. tree →
• The cat had an uncanny sense of where the mouse would run. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «uncanny» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.