adv
Meaning 1
Especially, extremely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: focus, not-comparable
Examples
- The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
particularly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪkjələli/
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/pəˈtɪkjəli/ haplology
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General-American: /pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/pəˈtɪkjəlɚli/ US, r-dissimilation
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CMU ARPABET: P AA2 R T IH1 K Y AH0 L ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P ER0 T IH1 K Y AH0 L ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
To a great extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: degree
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Specifically, uniquely or individually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
In detail; with regard to particulars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 5
In a particular manner; fussily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was particularly fussy about spelling
- a particularly gruesome attack
- under peculiarly tragic circumstances
- an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peculiarly, especially, specially
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 7
uniquely or characteristically- John Knowles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- these peculiarly cinematic elements
- a peculiarly French phenomenon
- everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peculiarly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 8
specifically or especially distinguished from others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- loves Bach, particularly his partitas
- recommended one book in particular
- trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: in particular
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English particular Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English particularly From particular + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: у прыва́тнасці (u pryvátnasci) — especially
- Bulgarian: особено (osobeno) — especially
- Bulgarian: специално (specialno) — especially
- Chinese Mandarin: 尤其 (yóuqí) — especially
- Esperanto: precipe — especially
- Finnish: erityisen — especially
- French: particulièrement — especially
- German: besonders — especially
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉 (ussindō) — especially
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (þishun) — especially
- Ancient Greek: ἰδίως (idíōs) — especially
- Icelandic: sérstaklega — especially
- Italian: in particolare — especially
- Italian: estremamente — especially
- Latin: praesertim — especially
- Latin: cumprīmē — especially
- Māori: inarā — especially
- Māori: ina koa — especially
- Norwegian Bokmål: i særdeleshet — especially
- Polish: szczególnie — especially
- Romanian: deosebit de — especially
- Romanian: în special — especially
- Russian: осо́бенно (osóbenno) — especially
- Russian: в ча́стности (v částnosti) — especially
- Spanish: particularmente — especially
- Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo) — especially
Real reading context