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peculiarly

adverb

Definition of peculiarlynext
as in strangely

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Recent Examples of peculiarly 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculiarly
  1. strangely
  2. oddly
  3. unusually
  4. extraordinarily
  5. weirdly
Adverb
  • Someone may want quiet while someone else wants action, or a minor household issue could become strangely emotional.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • And strangely, those performances talk to each other in a really interesting way and fill out both characters in a way that was completely unexpected and not on the page at all.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of strangely
Adverb
  • The music, oddly enough, often seemed secondary to the certainty of everyone discussing it.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The late Rosalyn Drexler set her figures against solid backgrounds that have an oddly familiar quality typical of first-generation Pop art.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of oddly
Adverb
  • The film navigates an unusually delicate tonal terrain between black comedy, suspense and the fantastic.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The agency’s new director issued an unusually harsh public rebuke.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of unusually
Adverb
  • Insurers routinely cover extraordinarily expensive drugs with modest benefit.
    — Lorenzo Cohen, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
  • With near-instant responses, generative AI can feel extraordinarily insightful.
    — Morgan Shipley, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of extraordinarily
Adverb
  • Alas, poor Bryan is about to learn the hard way that change — as the saying goes — is as hard to outrun as an ever-growing zombie rat king with 37 different limbs and a weirdly personal vendetta.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But Aroonpheng’s worldbuilding is arcane to a fault, with no thanks to a weirdly flat rhythm that dulls the excitement of the film’s many narrative swerves.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of weirdly

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“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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