peculiarly

adv

1. Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally.

   “He has a peculiarly strong accent.”

   “This racehorse is peculiarly fast.”

   “Democratic society is peculiarly dependent for its maintenance upon the use in forming a course of study of criteria which are broadly human.”

   “He begged pardon, and was getting into the carriage, but felt he must glance at her once more; not that she was very beautiful, not on account of the elegance and modest grace which were apparent in her whole figure, but because in the expression of her charming face, as she passed close by him, there was something peculiarly caressing and soft.”

2. Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally.

   “One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure of the human frame, and, indeed, any animal endued with life.”

   “I feel that the Progressive Party should appeal peculiarly to the young men--and therefore to the boys--who ought to be the next generation of voters.”

3. Such as to be strange or odd.

   “His nose is peculiarly bent.”

4. Such as to be strange or odd.

   “He dresses peculiarly.”

5. Such as to be strange or odd.

   “Peculiarly, his hat is on upside-down.”

6. Such as to be strange or odd.

   “Peculiarly, he left through the window.”

   “Peculiarly, he sat bolt upright and shouted "Geronimo!" whenever John Wayne appeared.”

7. Strongly associated with; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place.
8. Strongly associated with; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place.

   “Having red hair and freckles is a characteristic that is peculiarly Northern European.”

   “She was carried home quite exhausted; the only sign she gave of consciousness was, that when they were about to take her to the room which had formerly been her own, she raised her head, and feebly insisted on being taken to her uncle's. Every thing there was peculiarly his, and there she had gazed, for the last time, on his inanimate features; in that room she could call up his image more distinctly than elsewhere.”

   “This is one of the methods of procedure. The other is through man to God. The second is peculiarly Aryan, and the first is peculiarly Semitic.”

   “However, he already gave strong indication of the peculiarly Russian genius for naturalness or realism, and was a true Russian in his simplicity of style.”

   “This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.”