PECULIARLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

peculiarly

adverb

Definition of peculiarly

as in strangely

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Recent Examples of peculiarly According to Merrick, the former dressage official, a peculiarly high percentage of relatively advanced amateur riders believe, firmly and falsely, that Olympic competition is a real possibility. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Perhaps no cartoon duo has perfected the push-pull dynamic quite like evil baby Stewie and his family’s peculiarly sophisticated dog, Brian (both voiced by Seth MacFarlane). — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026 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 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

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The voice seemed strangely familiar, but Goessling still didn't make the connection.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Sometimes this world doesn’t make sense but always feels strangely familiar.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of strangely

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This is actually, oddly, a feel good movie in its own peculiar way.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026
These natural diamonds are often cloudy and oddly shaped, and lose about 25% of their weight as they're cut and polished into what a jeweler would sell, according to Nathan Renfro, senior manager at the Gemological Institute of America.

— LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of oddly

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Spivey said Pike’s attorneys had repeatedly warned the state and courts that her underlying medical conditions, including a blood-clotting disorder, could make a lethal injection execution unusually prolonged and painful.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
Both linked the situation to an unusually poor autumn crop of pine nuts and berries.

— Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of unusually

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That is exactly the challenge facing Apple, where Tim Cook’s extraordinary run was defined by operational mastery—building upon iPhone’s dominance while weaving an extraordinarily profitable global ecosystem of products, services, and retail.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Couple that with an extraordinarily lush setting, exquisite food, and first-rate staff.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of extraordinarily

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Alas, poor Bryan is about to learn the hard way that change — as the saying goes — is as hard to outrun as an ever-growing zombie rat king with 37 different limbs and a weirdly personal vendetta.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
But Aroonpheng’s worldbuilding is arcane to a fault, with no thanks to a weirdly flat rhythm that dulls the excitement of the film’s many narrative swerves.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

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