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
  • From the abundance of excellent fish and chip shops nearby to the sense of stepping back in time when entering what is commonly regarded as the oldest stand still in use in the EFL, Blundell Park feels strangely life-affirming.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • By lunchtime, a building designed for hundreds of employees can feel strangely abandoned while work continues perfectly well from kitchens, patios and anywhere else with Wi-Fi.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Cortica's cap table reads oddly for a scaling healthcare company.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Alistair has the Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges (Luis Gnecco) coming to stay, but Parini seems oddly unconcerned by the imminent arrival of this master of letters.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • One possible trigger for bitcoin to break out of its unusually calm trading range could come from the bond market.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Walter had held his stake in the team only since October, an unusually fast sale.
    Steve Kopack, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • With thousands of defendants and countless individualized schedules, effective oversight becomes extraordinarily difficult.
    Eileen Burke, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • No omens, no fear—just another extraordinarily beautiful experience locked into memory.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Reacher is weirdly shy about telling Elspeth Sampson her husband might have an Indonesian love child, but Elspeth insists the Sampsons have no secrets.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Everything’s far below you, and the windows are weirdly small.
    Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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