particularly

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

particular + -ly

Pronunciation

  • (rhotic) IPA(key): /pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/
  • (file)
  • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /pəˈtɪkjələli/
    • (haplology) IPA(key): /pəˈtɪkjəli/
  • (US, rhotic, r-dissimilation) IPA(key): /pəˈtɪkjəlɚli/

Adverb

particularly (not comparable)

  1. (focus) Especially, extremely.
    The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
  2. (degree) To a great extent.
  3. 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.
  4. In detail; with regard to particulars.
  5. (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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Translations

Scots

Adverb

particularly

  1. Particularly.
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