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peculiarly

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pe·cu·liar  (p-kylyr)
adj.
1. Unusual or eccentric; odd.
2. Distinct from all others. See Synonyms at strange.
3. Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique: rights peculiar to the rich; a species peculiar to this area.
n.
1. A privilege or property that is exclusively one's own.
2. Chiefly British A church or parish under the jurisdiction of a diocese different from that in which it lies.

[Middle English peculier, personal, from Latin pecliris, from peclium, private property; see peku- in Indo-European roots.]

pe·culiar·ly adv.
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Adv.1.peculiarly - uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles
2.peculiarly - in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
3.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"
Translations
peculiarly [pɪˈkjuːlɪəlɪ] ADV
1. (= strangely) → de forma rara
he's been acting very peculiarlyse ha estado comportando de una forma rarísima
2. (= specifically) → típicamente, peculiarmente
it's a peculiarly French traites un rasgo típicamente or peculiarmente francés
3. (= unusually, exceptionally) → particularmente, especialmente
he was peculiarly quiet that dayese día estuvo particularmente or especialmente callado
peculiarly [pɪˈkjuːliərli] adv
(= oddly) → curieusement, bizarrement
(= especially) → typiquement
peculiarly
adv
(= strangely)seltsam, eigenartig
(= exceptionally)besonders; a peculiarly British characteristiceine typisch britische Eigenart
peculiarly [pɪˈkjuːlɪəlɪ] adv
a. (exceptionally) → particolarmente
b. (strangely) → in un modo peculiare, in un modo curioso

peculiarly [pɪˈkjuːlɪəlɪ] adv
a. (exceptionally) → particolarmente
b. (strangely) → in un modo peculiare, in un modo curioso


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Of one thing I am distinctly conscious: the man's presence at my side was strangely distasteful and disquieting--so much so that when I at last pulled up under the lights of the Putnam House I experienced a sense of having escaped some spiritual peril of a nature peculiarly forbidding.
We shall next proceed to show how that government which is peculiarly called a state arises alongside of democracy and oligarchy, and how it ought to be established; and this will at the same time show what are the proper boundaries of both these governments, for we must mark out wherein they differ from one another, and then from both these compose a state of such parts of each of them as will show from whence they were taken.
But then, may not I be peculiarly constituted to write?
 
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