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peculiarly, adv.|pɪˈkjuːlɪəlɪ|
[f. peculiar a. + -ly2.]
In a peculiar manner.
1. In a way that is one's own, and not another person's; as regards oneself; individually.
1573–80Baret Alv. P 220–1 Things that were his owne peculiarly. 1685Boyle Effects of Mot. vii. 89 Any Vault that were exquisitely built, would peculiarly answer to some determinate Note or other. 1726Nat. Hist. Irel. 86 A certain sort of sea-coal..wonderful small, and peculiarly called comb. 1815Chron. in Ann. Reg. 12/1 He would bring him to account for his conduct to himself peculiarly. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 6 Many of his ideas were in the air, and did not belong to him peculiarly.
2. In a way distinct from others; particularly, especially; also colloq., more than usually.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. vi. §1 Wherby the faithfull haue alway been peculiarly seuered from the prophane nations. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxx. 13 The very course of the woords requireth, that hee should make mention here peculiarly of his own dewtie. 1650Fuller Pisgah 391 Table of shew-bread..made of that gold, which his Father David had peculiarly prepared for that purpose. 1749Fielding Tom Jones v. vii, To render the lot of one man more peculiarly unhappy than that of others. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 51 A little air of which her husband was peculiarly fond. 1891Helen B. Harris Apol. Aristides i. 5 The Arabs regard the spot as peculiarly sacred.
3. In a way unlike others; unusually, strangely, oddly, queerly.
1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xix. If you knew it, you are peculiarly situated: very near happiness; yes; within reach of it. 1901Daily Chron. 16 July 5/1 [He] is one of those peculiarly-constituted Englishmen who rather enjoy the West Coast climate than otherwise. |