1.
If you describe someone or something as ~, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way.
Mr Kennet has a rather ~ sense of humour...
Rachel thought it tasted ~.
= odd, strange
ADJ
~ly
His face had become ~ly expressionless.
ADV
2.
If something is ~ to a particular thing, person, or situation, it belongs or relates only to that thing, person, or situation.
The problem is by no means ~ to America.
= unique
ADJ: oft ADJ to n
~ly
Cricket is so ~ly English.
ADV