Definition of "peculiarly" adverb comparative more peculiarly , superlative most peculiarly
Such as to be greater than usual ; particularly ; exceptionally .
(degree) To greater degree than is usual . quotations examples
Quotations He begged pardon , and was getting into the carriage , but felt he must glance at her once more; not that she was very beautiful , not on account of the elegance and modest grace which were apparent in her whole figure , but because in the expression of her charming face , as she passed close by him , there was something peculiarly caressing and soft .
1917, “Chapter 18”, in Garnett, Constance, transl., Anna Karenina, part one, translation of Анна Каренина by Leo Tolstoy, published 1877
Strongly associated with ; in a manner that is peculiar or restricted to some person or place .
(degree, of a place or circumstance) Mostly or solely associated with . quotations examples
Quotations She was carried home quite exhausted ; the only sign she gave of consciousness was , that when they were about to take her to the room which had formerly been her own , she raised her head , and feebly insisted on being taken to her uncle 's . Every thing there was peculiarly his , and there she had gazed , for the last time , on his inanimate features ; in that room she could call up his image more distinctly than elsewhere .
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Night with the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 317