particularly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
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.
Inflected forms:
form: perticularly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Especially, extremely.
pos: adv
tags: focus
not-comparable
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: To a great extent.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Specifically, uniquely or individually.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: 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.
[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.
gloss: In detail; with regard to particulars.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: '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.'
gloss: In a particular manner; fussily.
pos: adv
tags: dated
not-comparable
examples: He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant.
Synonyms: above all
first and foremost
primarily
greatly: see also Thesaurus:very
in particular
thoroughly
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: у прыва́тнасці
roman: u pryvátnasci
lang: Bulgarian
word: особено
roman: osobeno
lang: Bulgarian
word: специално
roman: specialno
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尤其
roman: yóuqí
lang: Esperanto
word: precipe
lang: Finnish
word: erityisen
lang: French
word: particulièrement
lang: German
word: besonders
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉
roman: ussindō
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽
roman: þishun
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἰδίως
roman: idíōs
lang: Icelandic
word: sérstaklega
lang: Italian
word: in particolare
lang: Italian
word: estremamente
lang: Latin
word: praesertim
lang: Latin
word: cumprīmē
lang: Māori
word: inarā
lang: Māori
word: ina koa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: i særdeleshet
lang: Polish
word: szczególnie
lang: Romanian
word: deosebit de
lang: Romanian
word: în special
lang: Russian
word: осо́бенно
roman: osóbenno
lang: Russian
word: в ча́стности
roman: v částnosti
lang: Spanish
word: particularmente
lang: Ukrainian
word: особли́во
roman: osoblývo