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English
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Etymology
particular + -ly
Pronunciation
Adverb
particularly (not comparable)
- (focus) Especially, extremely.
The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
- (degree) To a great extent.
- Specifically, uniquely or individually.
2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:But as the half progressed, Liverpool's pressure and high-tempo passing game increased United's frustration and it threatened to boil over on the stroke of half-time when Van Persie, who had already been booked, was involved in angry verbal exchanges with several Liverpool players, particularly Gerrard.
2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:[Minnesota Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all.
- In detail; with regard to particulars.
- (dated) In a particular manner; fussily.
1825, Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes:He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant.
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Scots
Adverb
particularly
- Particularly.