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peculiarly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peculiarly \Pe*cul"iar*ly\, adv In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peculiarly adv 1: uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles [syn: {particularly}] 2: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" [syn: {curiously}, {oddly}] 3: to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; "he was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances"; "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger" [syn: {particularly}, {especially}, {specially}]
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