peculiarly

Definition of peculiarlynext

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Recent Examples of peculiarly Photography, then, is an expression of our peculiarly cruel way of seeing. Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026 Building a wall may even be its own kind of narrative project—a peculiarly linear one. Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026 This peculiarly stubborn barrier to the franchise held strong until Puerto Rican citizens took it to court, finally succeeding 60 years ago today, June 13, 1966. Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026 But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag. Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026 One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026 Facing a peculiarly hostile administration in Washington, Pretoria has ample reason to pursue greater intra-BRICS cooperation—not out of ideological affinity with its members but out of the strategic necessity to protect itself against an erratic and punitive United States. Oliver Stuenkel, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025 In the early twentieth century, Einstein formulated equations for the peculiarly relative flow of time, now an indispensable part of the workings of all GPS systems. Alan Lightman september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025 So, Orange County in the late 1970s and early 1980s seems a peculiarly unlikely place to have a hardcore punk rock scene. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculiarly
Adverb
  • Does enjoying yourself feel strangely complicated under current conditions?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The details of their work are different, but the pressures are strangely familiar.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Instead, Leon County Circuit Judge David Frank ordered a rewrite — a job that, oddly enough, does not fall to the lawmakers who put the amendment on the ballot in the first place.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The resort has a refreshingly unpretentious vibe, and now oddly-endearing late-80s aesthetic from when it was first designed and built.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • The campaign has also highlighted the solidarity of Estonia’s art community, with artists rallying around an institution facing an unusually severe financial crisis caused by the scam.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The religious Democrats This midterm year, an unusually high number of Democratic candidates in red states are talking about their faith in an effort to connect with voters in the midterm elections, as my colleague Sarah Wire reported yesterday.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Within the Milky Way, astronomers have so far identified roughly 100 stellar stream candidates shed by globular clusters, but finding one around another galaxy is extraordinarily rare.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The economics are extraordinarily difficult, and most of the people calling for a settlement have not examined them.
    Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Wrangle the camera crew, line up the weirdly uninspiring but nonetheless eye-wateringly expensive homes, and for the love of God, somebody give the British TV presenting duo Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp a ring.
    Lauren O’Neill, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Even just working within the confines of an IP really, weirdly, felt more freeing.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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