peculiarly

adverb

Definition of peculiarlynext
as in strangely

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Recent Examples of peculiarly But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag. — Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026 So, Orange County in the late 1970s and early 1980s seems a peculiarly unlikely place to have a hardcore punk rock scene. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025 One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculiarly
  1. strangely
  2. oddly
  3. unusually
  4. extraordinarily
  5. weirdly
Adverb
  • Commissioned by Mattel as a blatant weekly half-hour commercial for its popular toy line, the show pits He-Man and his heroic chums against the evil (but strangely inept) Skeletor in a battle for control of Castle Grayskull.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
  • Court documents say witnesses noticed Lopez acting strangely before the attack.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of strangely
Adverb
  • And how spending time in the unpredictable, immensely powerful and ever-changing sea is so oddly grounding.
    — Heather Hiett, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Bobby Bonilla, who played for the Orioles for one and a half seasons during his 15-year career, was, oddly enough, at the Baltimore Orioles game on Wednesday, the day he is owed money.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Definition of oddly
Adverb
  • The Tetra, from Analog Machine Works, features an unusually long tubular space frame with a pair of opposite-facing tetrahedrons in its interconnected structure.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
  • By Wednesday evening, senior White House officials had decided to actively support the effort to contest the suspension, which many soccer analysts viewed as an unusually harsh punishment.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026
Definition of unusually
Adverb
  • The trio stand out among other USA fans for their extraordinarily patriotic costumes.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • Millions of Canadians will continue visiting the United States every year, and the cultural and geographic relationship between the two countries remains extraordinarily close.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of extraordinarily
Adverb
  • And what better way to get used to the pressure that comes with playing for the Leafs than by tackling one of the most weirdly high-pressure scenarios in all of sports?
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
  • But Janicza, weirdly, talks about it all the time.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026
Definition of weirdly

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“Peculiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculiarly. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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