What is another word for uncannily?

Pronunciation: [ʌnkˈanɪlɪ] (IPA)

Uncannily is a word that expresses a sense of strangeness or spookiness. Some synonyms for uncannily include eerily, unnervingly, disconcertingly, mysteriously, and strangely. Eerily and unnervingly both convey a sense of discomfort or unease, while disconcertingly emphasizes a disturbance to one's expectations. Mysteriously and strangely are less negative in connotation, suggesting something more enigmatic or unusual. These words can all be used to describe situations, events, or people that provoke an unsettling feeling in the observer. Whether describing a supernatural occurrence or an inexplicable coincidence, these synonyms provide a variety of ways to capture the "uncanny" nature of the situation.

What are the hypernyms for Uncannily?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Uncannily

Wantele's tact and good feeling, and his intelligent withholding of the sympathy with which she was at that time nauseated, were almost uncannily clever considering the end he had in view.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
There are faces almost uncannily good-looking: they charm so confidently that you shrink from predicting the good fortune they claim, and bethink you that the gods' favourites are said to die young: and Charles Wesley's was such a face.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Nino's grandam had lain in almost the same spot then, wolfish and hungry as her descendant was now, and only a trifle less uncannily hideous.
"Whosoever Shall Offend"
F. Marion Crawford

Famous quotes with Uncannily

  • Not the least of the twentieth-century phenomena that Wilde so uncannily anticipated was the cult of celebrity; and indeed, soon after deciding against a career as a classicist, he was making his first serious effort at courting international fame. During his 1882 tour of America, he was already showing a shrewd understanding of the uses to which that most Greek of literary forms, the epigram, might be put in the age of the telegram and the newspaper.
    Oscar Wilde

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