what does peculiarly mean?
PECULIARLY as ADVERB
- Meaning
- in a manner differing from the usual or expected
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- had a curiously husky voice
- he’’s behaving rather peculiarly
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- Meaning
- to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
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- he was particularly fussy about spelling
- a particularly gruesome attack
- under peculiarly tragic circumstances
- an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger
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- Meaning
- uniquely or characteristically
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- these peculiarly cinematic elements
- a peculiarly French phenomenon
- everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him- John Knowles
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