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# peculiarly

adverb (peculiarly)

«peculiarly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a strange or odd way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#m1)
2. Especially or particularly, as in «peculiarly difficult». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#m2)
3. Belonging only to one group or place, as in «peculiarly British». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it tells the reader something is not normal: in Wonderland everything behaves peculiarly, and Alice says things are getting «curiouser and curiouser». In everyday talk, «peculiarly British» means typical of Britain only.

### Examples

- The cat was behaving peculiarly before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#x1)
- It was a peculiarly hot day for April. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#x2)
- Alice thought the Duchess behaved most peculiarly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#x3)
- Queuing politely is said to be peculiarly British. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#x4)
- He was peculiarly quiet at dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#x5)
- The milk smelled peculiarly sour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#x6)
- They divided the life of Man among them, and each endowed one part of it with the qualities which were peculiarly his own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/#x7)

### Note

From «peculiar» (strange; or belonging to one only). Trap: peculiar does not always mean bad, sometimes just «special to».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «peculiarly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peculiarly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peculiarly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peculiarly.html) on Mova free.