idiosyncratic
adjective
pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual.
idiosyncratically
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a word derived from
idiosyncratic.
Example Sentences
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Judd Apatow, man of comedy, has a pair of new documentaries arriving in close proximity on Netflix, their common subject two of the most original, brilliant and idiosyncratically funny comedians of our time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
"It's a beautiful script and it is so idiosyncratically English - it's a new old English movie."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
Now imagine trying to combine dozens of idiosyncratically constructed ones with information stretching back decades into one single, clean, useful repository of information.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025
This “Sweeney Todd” is funnier, more idiosyncratically human, so maybe a beat or two less explosive than what I remember.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2023
These colours were chosen perhaps more idiosyncratically in this case than in the others.
From Goblins and Pagodas by John Gould Fletcher
