The difference between Canny and Uncanny
When used as adjectives, canny means careful, prudent, cautious, whereas uncanny means strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural).
Canny is also adverb with the meaning: very, considerably.
Uncanny is also noun with the meaning: something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.
check bellow for the other definitions of Canny and Uncanny
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Canny as an adjective:
Careful, prudent, cautious.
Examples:
"The politician gave a canny response to the reporter's questions."
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Canny as an adjective:
Knowing, shrewd, astute.
Examples:
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"The canny lawyer knew just how to get what he wanted."
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Canny as an adjective:
Frugal, thrifty.
Examples:
"canny investments"
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Canny as an adjective (Scotland, Northumbria):
Pleasant, fair, favorable or agreeable to deal with.
Examples:
"She's a canny lass hor like!"
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Canny as an adjective (Scotland, Northumbria):
Gentle, quiet, steady.
Examples:
"a canny horse''; ''be canny with this letter"
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Canny as an adverb (Northumbria):
Very, considerably; quite, rather.
Examples:
"That's a canny big horse, man!"
"a canny long journey''; ''canny near home"
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Canny as an adverb (Scotland, Northumbria):
Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.
Examples:
"he sits very canny''; ''drive canny"
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Uncanny as an adjective:
Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
Examples:
"He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor."
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Uncanny as an adjective (UK, _, dialectal):
Careless.
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Uncanny as a noun (psychology, psychoanalysis, Freud):
Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort; .