What part of speech is peculiarly?

Peculiarly can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. peculiarly is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • peculiarly
  • adjective: peculiar 
  • adverb: peculiarly

What does peculiarly mean?

Definitions

Adverb

peculiarly - uniquely or characteristically; "these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles
peculiarly - to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; "he was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances"; "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger"
peculiarly - in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly"

Examples of peculiarly

#   Sentence  
1. adv. These peculiarly cinematic elements.
2. adv. A peculiarly French phenomenon.
3. adv. Under peculiarly tragic circumstances.
4. adv. He's behaving rather peculiarly.
5. adv. He looked so comical holding his paws up peculiarly.
Sentence  
adv.
These peculiarly cinematic elements.
A peculiarly French phenomenon.
Under peculiarly tragic circumstances.
He's behaving rather peculiarly.
He looked so comical holding his paws up peculiarly.

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