Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: peculiarly
IPA transcription: [pɪkj'uljɚli]
Pronunciations of peculiarly
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r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: peculiarly, particularly
    Meaning: uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles
  • Synonyms: curiously, oddly, peculiarly
    Meaning: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"
  • Synonyms: particularly, peculiarly, especially, specially
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • It was peculiarly unfortunate
  • And reasoning is peculiarly his instrument?
  • Nancy Ellen looked at Kate and smiled peculiarly.
  • He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy.
  • Besides, the difficulties which atop us here are peculiarly of a psychological order.
  • He's perpetually detailed for this job, and he tells me it has a peculiarly exhausting effect.
  • The dream work is peculiarly adept at representing two contradictory conceptions by means of the same mixed image.
  • This incident has ever remained peculiarly precious; for it seemed to us a seal of God upon the new life opening before us.
  • The nature of experience can be understood only by noting that it includes an active and a passive element peculiarly combined.
  • They've got some peculiarly isolated valley or tableland up there, and their primeval customs have survived. That's all there is to it."
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