peculiarly

Definition of peculiarlynext

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Recent Examples of peculiarly There’s pitying chuckles to his childlike dependence on his peculiarly loyal man servant. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026 According to Merrick, the former dressage official, a peculiarly high percentage of relatively advanced amateur riders believe, firmly and falsely, that Olympic competition is a real possibility. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Perhaps no cartoon duo has perfected the push-pull dynamic quite like evil baby Stewie and his family’s peculiarly sophisticated dog, Brian (both voiced by Seth MacFarlane). — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculiarly
Adverb
  • Tate has never worked with a celebrity curator in this way before, and Enninful’s presence is strangely felt throughout the exhibition.
    — Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • His children, still dealing with the loss of their mother, are acting strangely.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • And this particularly large — and rather oddly shaped — coronal hole is sending some seriously speedy wind our way.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But despite its stupendous production values and painstaking details, the game left me feeling oddly bereft.
    — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Now industry is fixated on its unusually large lithium concentrations in its massive underground aquifer.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Instead of letting surplus power go unused, a growing class of thermal energy storage systems is exploring an unusually simple solution—heating sand.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Keller Central is an extraordinarily tough first round opponent led by phenom twins Isaiah and Jeremiah Taylor.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026
  • In modern cells, that chemistry is extraordinarily complex, orchestrating some 1 billion reactions per second.
    — Perri Thaler, Quanta Magazine, 10 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Their answers offer a weirdly hopeful view of communities looking for comfort, perspective, and somewhere to be when the results come in.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Chris Evans strikes a fine balance in this film between totally narcissistic and insufferable and also weirdly relatable.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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