Peculiarly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peculiarly \Pe*cul"iar*ly\, adv.
     In a peculiar manner; particularly; in a rare and striking
     degree; unusually.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  peculiarly
       adv 1: uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly cinematic
              elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone
              has a moment in history which belongs particularly to
              him"- John Knowles [syn: {particularly}]
       2: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a
          curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
          [syn: {curiously}, {oddly}]
       3: 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" [syn: {particularly}, {especially}, {specially}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "peculiarly":
     a fortiori, above all, abundantly, acutely, all the more,
     amazingly, amply, astonishingly, awesomely, characteristically,
     chiefly, conspicuously, copiously, distinctively, dominantly,
     eerily, eminently, emphatically, especially, even, ever so,
     exceptionally, exquisitely, extraordinarily, exuberantly, famously,
     fancifully, fantastically, first of all, generously, glaringly,
     grotesquely, impressively, in chief, in the main, incredibly,
     indeed, intensely, intrinsically, like no other, magically,
     magnanimously, magnificently, mainly, markedly, marvelously,
     monstrously, more than ever, mostly, mysteriously, never so,
     no end, nobly, notably, outlandishly, particularly, pointedly,
     predominantly, preeminently, primarily, principally, profusely,
     prominently, pronouncedly, quaintly, queerly, remarkably, richly,
     signally, singularly, splendidly, still more, strangely,
     strikingly, superlatively, supernaturally, surpassingly,
     surprisingly, uncommonly, uniquely, unusually, wonderfully,
     wondrous, worthily, yea