Fragen über die Beispielsätze mit, und die Definition und Benutzung von "Canny"

A: canny = clever
thinking quickly and cleverly, especially in business or financial matters:
These salesmen are a canny lot

A: I've only heard it / used it this way: "UNCANNY". meaning.. .amazing / surprising.
example: "he has an UNCANNY ability to remember the name of everyone he meets. It's incredible!"

you might be thinking of that.

this could work: "His hunches about people are UNCANNY! he's almost always right"