particularly

English

Alternative forms

• perticularly (obsolete)

Etymology

From particular +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/

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

Adverb

particularly (not comparable)

1. (focus) Especially, extremely.

   The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.

   • 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:

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

   • 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.

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^[1]:

     [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.

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

Translations

especially

• Belarusian: у прыва́тнасці (u pryvátnasci)
• Bulgarian: особено (bg) (osobeno), специално (bg) (specialno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尤其 (zh) (yóuqí)

• Esperanto: precipe (eo)
• Finnish: erityisen (fi)
• French: particulièrement (fr)
• German: besonders (de)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉 (ussindō), 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (þishun)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἰδίως (idíōs)

• Icelandic: sérstaklega (is)
• Italian: in particolare, estremamente (it)
• Latin: praesertim
• Maori: inarā, ina koa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i særdeleshet

• Polish: szczególnie (pl)
• Romanian: deosebit de, în special
• Russian: осо́бенно (ru) (osóbenno), в ча́стности (ru) (v částnosti)
• Spanish: particularmente (es)
• Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo)

Scots

Adverb

particularly

1. Particularly.