Peculiarly

Definitions: Peculiarly

Peculiarly

Adverb

1. Uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles.

2. In a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly".

3. 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".

Date "peculiarly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Peculiarly

Synonyms: curiously (adv), especially (adv), oddly (adv), particularly (adv), specially (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Greatness	Peculiarly; (unconformity).
	Particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly; famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, gr/kat exochin/, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously.
Superiority	Eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, gr/kat exochin/gr, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Peculiarly

English words defined with "peculiarly": Alburn, Angina pectoris, Apician, Appropriament, Arabism ♦ Blue print ♦ especially ♦ Fulminating ♦ heaven-sent ♦ in particular ♦ Liberal education ♦ miraculous, Musk rose ♦ particularly, pithy, providential ♦ sententious, Sistrum, specially, Stenoderm ♦ To be the death of ♦ unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic ♦ Viola di amore. (references)

Specialty definitions using "peculiarly": Abasement, Absent ♦ Canary Birds, celestas, Clover ♦ Epaenetus ♦ HOSTILITY. (references)

Etymologies containing "peculiarly": Appropriament. (references)

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The fact that he had a solid gold front tooth made him peculiarly attractive.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Emma must submit to stand second to Mrs. Elton, though she had always considered the ball as peculiarly for her.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	What rendered the fault peculiarly enormous was, that the chapter laughed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ABSENT, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another. To men a man is but a mind. Who cares What face he carries or what form he wears? But woman's body is the woman. O, Stay thou, my sweetheart, and do never go, But heed the warning words the sage hath said: A woman absent is a woman dead. Jogo Tyree
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	The lives of a number of valuable citizens have thus been sacrificed, and some of them under circumstances peculiarly shocking, whilst others have been carried into a deplorable captivity.
James Monroe	1817-1825	In calling your attention to the internal concerns of our country the view which they exhibit is peculiarly gratifying.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Peculiarly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peculiarly" is used about 307 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	307	16,496

Language		Translations for "peculiarly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		veçanërisht (especially, extra, grossly, in particular, notably, only, particularly), çuditërisht (surprisingly, uncommonly). (various references)

Arabic		‏من الغريب, ‏على نحو مميز (characteristically), ‏إلى حد إستثنائي, ‏بطريقة غريبة. (various references)

Bulgarian		странно (curiously, funnily, oddly, queerly, strangely), чудато (queerly, strangely), особено (especially, notably, oddly, over, par excellence, particularly, specially), необикновено (extra, extremely, immensely, most, thundering, uncommonly, unusually), лично (bodily, in person, individually, personally). (various references)

Chinese		奇怪地 (Oddly, Queerly, strangely). (various references)

Czech		podivnì (curiously, oddly, weirdly). (various references)

Finnish		kummallisen (curiously). (various references)

French		particulièrement, bizarrement, étrangement. (various references)

German		eigenartige (weirdest), eigen (fussy, independent, individual, inherent, own, particular, peculiar, personal, possessive, possessively, proper, separate, strange, to own, typical). (various references)

Greek		περίεργα (curiously, oddly). (various references)

Hungarian		különösen (especially, funnily, in particular, particularly, quaintly, specially, specifically, uncommonly). (various references)

Korean		특� 하게 (Distinctively). (various references)

Pig Latin		eculiarlypay

Portuguese		traço característico (rubber stamp, stamp), singularmente (uncommonly), excentricamente (eccentricities), carateristicamente (characteristically), caracteristicamente (characteristically). (various references)

Romanian		personal (by oneself, individual, individually, original, own, particular, personal, personally, personnel, private, staff), deosebit (apart, choice, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverse, especial, excellent, extra, in a class by itself, particular, peculiar, profoundly, remarkable, separate, singular, special, specific, strange, sundry, uncommon, unlike, unusual, variant, varied), ciudat (cranky, curious, droll, eccentric, extraordinary, extravagant, fanciful, fancy, freakish, funny, intriguing, kinky, odd, out of the way, outlandish, particular, peculiar, quaint, queer, rum, rummy, singular, strange, strangely, uncouth, unusual, weird, whimsical). (various references)

Russian		странно (bewilderingly, curiously, oddly, queerly, strangeways, weirdly), особенно (chiefly, especially, in especial, notably, notedly, particularly, specially), лично (in one's own person, in person, personally). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		posebno (especially, extra, particular: in particular, separately, specially, specifically), naročito (expressly, particularly, primarily, specifically). (various references)

Spanish		particularmente (in particular, particularly, singularly, specially), de una manera extraña. (various references)

Swedish		synnerligen (exceedingly, extraordinarily, particularly, passing), speciellt (especially, expressly, particularly, specially, specifically), särskilt (especially, expressly, in particular, over, particularly, severally, special, specially), särdeles (especially), i synnerhet (especially, in particular, notably, particularly), besynnerligt (oddly, strangely). (various references)

Ukranian		особливо (chiefly, especially, extra, in particular, notably, notedly, particularly, specially, specifically), особисто (bodily, face to face, individually, personally), дивно (amazingly, curiously, funnily, oddly, singularly, strangely). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Peculiarly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peculalaly. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "peculiarly" (pronounced pikyuw"lyerlē)
4	-y er l ē	lawyerly.
3	-er l ē	bitterly, brotherly, circularly, cleverly, disorderly, eagerly, easterly, elderly, entirely, extracellularly, fatherly, formerly, gingerly, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, improperly, irregularly, leisurely, linearly, masterly, miserly, motherly, neighborly, northeasterly, northerly, northwesterly, orderly, overly, painterly, particularly, popularly, properly, quarterly, regularly, scholarly, similarly, singularly, soberly, somberly, southerly, spectacularly, tenderly, utterly, Weatherly, westerly.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-p-r-u-y"
	-2 letters: calliper, epically, peculiar.
	-3 letters: auricle, caliper, clayier, clearly, clypeal, cruelly, curlily, lyrical, pallier, peculia, perilla, pilular, pleural, prelacy, replica.
	-4 letters: aculei, aerily, allure, apercu, caller, carpel, cellar, clypei, cullay, culler, culpae, curiae, curial, eclair, epical, lacier, lacily, laurel, palely, palier, parcel, parley, pearly, pillar, pilule, piracy, placer, plaice, player, pleura, plicae, plical, plural.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-p-r-u-y"
	+2 letters: euphorically.
	+3 letters: prejudicially, superficially.
	+4 letters: supersonically.
	+5 letters: neuropathically, perpendicularly, reduplicatively, therapeutically.
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