peculiarly

adverb

pe·​cu·​liar·​ly

: in a peculiar manner: such as

a

: uniquely, exclusively

a peculiarly French phenomenon

—D. W. Brogan

dowered with some … combination of gifts peculiarly his own

—W. F. Hambly

b

: characteristically, distinctively

bar associations … peculiarly fitted to protect the individual

—W. O. Douglas

the peculiarly metaphysical problems … involved

—J. E. Smith

c

: particularly, unusually

under peculiarly tragic circumstances

—Allen Johnson

a peculiarly indecent form of rudeness

—W. L. Alden

d

: oddly, strangely

taught ordinary subjects peculiarly

—Richard McLaughlin

peculiarly, the key to the room was under the bed

—E. D. Radin

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