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particularly

pә'tikjjlәli5 senses · 149 ms
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adv/pəˈtɪkjələli//pəˈtɪkjəli//pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/
  1. 1

    Especially, extremely.focusnot-comparable

    • The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
  2. 2

    To a great extent.not-comparable

  3. 3

    Specifically, uniquely or individually.not-comparable

    • 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
    • [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 popul
  4. 4

    In detail; with regard to particulars.not-comparable

    • '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.'
  5. 5

    In a particular manner; fussily.datednot-comparable

    • He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant.

syn. above all · first and foremost · primarily · greatly: see also Thesaurus:very · in particular · thoroughly

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