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Definition of "uncannily" []

  • In an uncanny manner. (adverb)

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Use "uncannily" in a sentence
  • "Naef seemed to me in looks, sound, manner and phrase uncannily like a mezzo Dorothea Röschmann, and what could be better than that?"
  • "Let's also not forget that Hammer Films were also treading a Victoriana influenced path through these post-colonial anxieties with a successful run of Mummy themed films as well as a filmed version of the Nigel Kneale play, 'The Creature', entitled uncannily enough The Abominable Snowman."
  • "He gave her suddenly a guilty-looking grin, an expression uncannily like Bredon’s, caught taking two biscuits at once from the tin."