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[ adjective ] beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Examples "a curious hybrid accent" "her speech has a funny twang" "had an odd name" "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" "something definitely queer about this town" "what a rum fellow" "singular behavior" |
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[ adjective ] unique or specific to a person or thing or category
Synonyms Examples "the particular demands of the job" "has a paraticular preference for Chinese art" "an expression peculiar to Canadians" "rights peculiar to the rich" "my own special chair" |
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[ adjective ] markedly different from the usual
Examples "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats" "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf |
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[ adjective ] characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
Examples "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney |
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