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peculiarly

adv
/pɪˈkjuljɚli/US/pɪˈkjuːljəli/UK

Etymology

From peculiar + -ly.

  1. derived from pecūliāris — “one's own”
  2. formed as peculiarly — “peculiar + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Such as to be greater than usual

    Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally.

    • He has a peculiarly strong accent.
    • This racehorse is peculiarly fast.
    • Democratic society is peculiarly dependent for its maintenance upon the use in forming a course of study of criteria which are broadly human.

  2. Such as to be strange or odd.

    • His nose is peculiarly bent.

  3. Strongly associated with

    Strongly associated with; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for peculiarly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA