peculiar
/pɪˈkjul.jɚ/ adjective B1- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual. · The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm.· It would be rather peculiar to see a kangaroo hopping down a city street.
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular. · Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia.
- One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
- Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
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Rikki-tikki’s eyes grew red again, and he danced up to Karait with the peculiar rocking, swaying motion that he had inherited from his family.
“The engagement between them is of a peculiar kind.
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
It was then that he encountered for the first time Villefort’s look,—that look peculiar to the magistrate, who, while seeming to read the thoughts of others, betrays nothing of his own.
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