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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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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.
In this peculiarly modern mood of social pessimism, the end is believed to be nigh but never comes.
The poor schmo had a bad dose of noncomplainingitis, that peculiarly British ailment with symptoms which include chronic fear of causing a scene.
He stood up awkwardly and strolled mysteriously to the corner of the room where a peculiarly large gramophone horn dominated.
It was as if he was always wary of getting above himself, of giving himself airs and graces, a peculiarly Scottish trait.

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