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say it: pi-KYOO-lyur-lee
peculiarly is an adverb meaning "uniquely or characteristically". It is pronounced /pɪˈkjuljɚli/ — pi-KYOO-lyur-lee. It carries 3 recorded senses.
uniquely or characteristically
“these peculiarly cinematic elements”
“a peculiarly French phenomenon”
“everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him”
in a manner differing from the usual or expected
“had a curiously husky voice”
“he's behaving rather peculiarly”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
“he was particularly fussy about spelling”
“a particularly gruesome attack”
“under peculiarly tragic circumstances”
“an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for peculiarly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.