peculiarly

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There is something peculiarly exhilarating about taking up an activity you are not naturally good at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025

"You don't think he's in a special, peculiarly precarious position?" he continued.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024

Arefi favored raspberry mazurkas and the Uncle Seth’s pink-frosted cookies that are peculiarly ubiquitous in Seattle cafes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

“The final piece of the puzzle to getting rid of the baggage has, peculiarly, been to walk in his shoes.”

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

So peculiarly individual was its shape that at first glance the hat appeared to be on the head of someone standing immediately behind Luster.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner