peculiarly

How To Use peculiarly In A Sentence

• We have known a male mierkat so assiduous in feeding young that were quite unrelated to himself, taking to them every morsel of food given him, that we have been compelled to shut him up in a room alone when feeding him, to prevent his starving himself to death: the male mierkat thus exhibiting exactly those psychic qualities which are generally regarded as peculiarly feminine; the females, on the other hand, being far more pugnacious towards each other than are the males. Woman and Labour
• While the other threads were developed and resolved, leaving one rather exhausted and peculiarly unsatisfied, this one remained outstanding, haunting the reader's memory.
• The doctor could not help laughing at the sort of "moue" she made: when he laughed, he had something peculiarly good-natured and genial in his look. Villette
• A peculiarly subtle expression haunts the lower part, sensual and incredulous, like that of a man tasting good Bordeaux with half a fancy it has been somewhat too long uncorked. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers
• The basal ganglia of the brain are peculiarly rich in acetylcholine, the presence of which must presumably have some significance; and suggestive effects of eserine and of acetylcholine, injected into the ventricles of the brain, have been described. Sir Henry Dale - Nobel Lecture
• a peculiarly French phenomenon
• Peculiarly shaped rocks and hillocks having striking features lie scattered all over the earth.
• It does not tell us why or how a particular want can have, among all of a person's desires, the special property of being peculiarly his own.
• Breakfast was an excitement shared in peculiarly by the Ancient CHAPTER XIV
• All hurry or bustle is peculiarly painful to the sick. Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not