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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1610
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(Uncannily,) Unkannely, adv. [Uncanny adj.] Imprudently, thoughtlessly. — c1610 Melville Mem. 378.
They all maruell … to se your affaires sa vnkannely handled; complenyng … that your contre was never in greter disordour and distress
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"Uncannily adv.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Apr 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/uncannily>
