peculiarly

«peculiarly» in Mova's school dictionary: In a strange or odd way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (peculiarly)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a strange or odd way. tree →

2) Especially or particularly, as in «peculiarly difficult». tree →

3) Belonging only to one group or place, as in «peculiarly British». tree →

sense 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 →
• It was a peculiarly hot day for April. tree →
• Alice thought the Duchess behaved most peculiarly. tree →
• Queuing politely is said to be peculiarly British. tree →
• He was peculiarly quiet at dinner. tree →
• The milk smelled peculiarly sour. tree →
• They divided the life of Man among them, and each endowed one part of it with the qualities which were peculiarly his own. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Tortoise practises putting his hind legs round his ears, which he calls «so peculiarly comfortable».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «peculiarly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.