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Adverb: peculiarly  pi'kyool-yur-lee [N. Amer], pi'kyoo-lee-u(r)-lee [Brit]
  1. Uniquely or characteristically
    "these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"
    - particularly
     
  2. In a manner differing from the usual or expected
    "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
    - curiously, oddly
     
  3. To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
    "under peculiarly tragic circumstances"
    - particularly, especially, specially

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