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What does peculiarly mean?

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Adverb
  1. Such as to be greater than usual; particularly; exceptionally.
    1. (degree) To greater degree than is usual.
    2. (manner) In a manner that is greater than usual.
  2. Such as to be strange or odd.
    1. (degree) Strangely, oddly.
    2. (manner) In a strange or perverse manner; strangely.
    3. (evaluative) Such as to be strange or odd.
    4. (act-related) Acting in strange or perverse way.
  3. Strongly associated with.
    1. (degree, of a place or circumstance) Mostly or solely associated with.
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This book is perhaps the best introduction to the Pali texts, with their peculiarly meticulous and laconic style.
He stood up awkwardly and strolled mysteriously to the corner of the room where a peculiarly large gramophone horn dominated.
Scottish actors are a peculiarly reticent species, but he is the alpha male.
The seaboard of Capernaum in which Peter dwelt is said by travelers to be a peculiarly damp, marshy, aguish, feverish place.
Group participation is a peculiarly Chinese characteristic of the back-to-nature movement.
They now have a most unusual friendship and she speaks affectingly of his story as a peculiarly American tragedy.

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