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adv. - In a manner differing from the usual or expected; To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; Uniquely or characteristically.

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  • These peculiarly cinematic elements
  • Adjective : peculiar happenings. ,the peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats. ,an expression peculiar to Canadians. ,the peculiar properties of...
  • Fortunately for an answer to this question, air is as vital to change in the inorganic processes of nature as it is to those other changes which we call peculiarly life.
  • Breakfast was an excitement shared in peculiarly by the Ancient
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