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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peculiarly \Pe*cul"iar*ly\, adverb In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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 [syn: {particularly}]
2: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" [syn: {curiously}, {oddly}]
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" [syn: {particularly}, {especially}, {specially}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "peculiarly": a fortiori, above all, abundantly, acutely, all the more, amazingly, amply, astonishingly, awesomely, characteristically, chiefly, conspicuously, copiously, distinctively, dominantly, eerily, eminently, emphatically, especially, even, ever so, exceptionally, exquisitely, extraordinarily, exuberantly, famously, fancifully, fantastically, first of all, generously, glaringly, grotesquely, impressively, in chief, in the main, incredibly, indeed, intensely, intrinsically, like no other, magically, magnanimously, magnificently, mainly, markedly, marvelously, monstrously, more than ever, mostly, mysteriously, never so, no end, nobly, notably, outlandishly, particularly, pointedly, predominantly, preeminently, primarily, principally, profusely, prominently, pronouncedly, quaintly, queerly, remarkably, richly, signally, singularly, splendidly, still more, strangely, strikingly, superlatively, supernaturally, surpassingly, surprisingly, uncommonly, uniquely, unusually, wonderfully, wondrous, worthily, yea
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