particularly
/pəˈtɪkjəli/UK/pəˈtɪkjələli/
particularly adverb: especially, extremely.
Adverb
particularly (not comparable)
- Especially, extremely.
- 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.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- To a great extent.
- Synonyms:
- exceedingly
- Specifically, uniquely or individually.
- 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...2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2020
- [Montana 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...2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2021
- In detail; with regard to particulars.
- 'That is quite right,' agreed Myra. 'We allow the milkman to come in at the front gate and go to the side door, to save him carrying his can right round the other way. No one else came; I asked Chloe particularly.'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
- Synonyms:
- detailly
- In a particular manner; fussily.
- He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant.1825, Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes
- Synonyms:
- exacting, fastidiously, pedantically, pickily
particularly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
particularly in Tamil
- particularly, specifically, especially
- குறிப்பாக kuṟippāka
particularly in Urdu
- خاص کر
particularly in Bengali
- বিশেষত, বিশেষভাবে, অত্যন্ত, অতি, সাতিশয়, অতিশয়
particularly in Malayalam
- പ്രത്യേകിച്ച്
Examples of particularly in a sentence
- 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.2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 12 Apr...
- 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.2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2021:
Synonyms of particularly
- exceedingly
- detailly
- exacting
- fastidiously
- pedantically
- pickily
- above all
- first and foremost
- primarily
- in particular
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Forms of particularly
| alternative form (obsolete) | perticularly |
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Origin of particularly
From particular + -ly.
Questions about particularly
- What does particularly mean?
- Particularly means especially, extremely.
- What is particularly in Tamil?
- Particularly in Tamil is குறிப்பாக (kuṟippāka). See Particularly meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use particularly in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is particularly?
- Particularly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce particularly?
- Particularly is pronounced /pəˈtɪkjələli/ (UK).
Words near particularly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: particularly (page history and authors); குறிப்பாக (Tamil) (page history and authors); particularly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); particularly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); particularly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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