Adverb: peculiarly pi'kyool-yur-lee [N. Amer], pi'kyoo-lee-u(r)-lee [Brit]
- Uniquely or characteristically
"these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon";
- particularly
- In a manner differing from the usual or expected
"her talkative friend was peculiarly quiet that morning";
- inexplicably, curiously, oddly, strangely
- To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
"under peculiarly tragic circumstances";
- particularly, especially, specially