particularly

Etymology

particular + -ly

adv

  1. (focus) Especially, extremely.
    The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
    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. 2013-07-19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1
  2. (degree) To a great extent.
  3. 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 Gerrard. 1 September 2013, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport
    [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. 2019-7-17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ
  4. In detail; with regard to particulars.
  5. (dated) 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

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