peculiarly

Definition of peculiarlynext

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Recent Examples of peculiarly 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
  • Ever since menopause entered my life, everyday decisions have started to feel strangely high-stakes.
    Mónica Heras, Vogue, 20 July 2026
  • In Washington, however, United Airlines directed me across a busy highway to a separate, strangely unmarked building.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Adverb
  • While the non-prerecorded vocals were appreciated, his ballad felt oddly shoehorned into what was otherwise a vigorous, energetic halftime.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • Bubes’s big break came, oddly enough, thanks to the biggest rivalry in college football.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Adverb
  • The water in the Rhine and Meuse rivers is unusually warm at around 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 Celsius), and there are reports of blue-green algae spreading and fish dying.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • In Japan’s case, many observers are confused because the lags between changes in M2 growth and changes in nominal GDP are unusually long.
    Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Adverb
  • All of this sits inside an extraordinarily concentrated market.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • That structure makes the nation’s elections extraordinarily complicated — and also safe from widespread fraud.
    Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Adverb
  • But something like that can actually weirdly take you out of reality.
    Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
  • Review recurring charges, joint expenses, or obligations that have gotten weirdly vague.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

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“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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