Word definition: particularly

Etimology


particular +‎ -ly

adverb


particularly (not comparable)

(focus) Especially, extremely.

(degree) To a great extent.

Specifically, uniquely or individually.

In detail; with regard to particulars.

(dated) In a particular manner; fussily.

Examples


The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.

We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.

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.

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.

[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.

He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant.

Related words


synonyms

(especially): above all, first and foremost, primarily; see also Thesaurus:above all

(to a great extent): exceedingly, greatly: see also Thesaurus:very

(specifically): in particular; see also Thesaurus:specifically

(in detail): detailly, thoroughly; see also Thesaurus:completely

(fussily): exacting, fastidiously, pedantically, pickily

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