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

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

ITV's controller of factual programmes has said the issues in the series "feel like peculiarly 21st Century threats emerging from, or aggravated by, our online world".

From BBC • Jul. 25, 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

This must mean that we possess genes for all kinds of information, with strands of special, peculiarly human DNA for the discernment of meaning in syntax.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas