particularly
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,542 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,881 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common also: peculiarly, especially, specially he was particularly fussy about spellinga particularly gruesome attack
- specifically or especially distinguished from others also: in particular loves Bach, particularly his partitasrecommended one book in particular
- uniquely or characteristically also: peculiarly these peculiarly cinematic elementsa peculiarly French phenomenon
particularly in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Indeed, I had never known him particularly well.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Her fresh face and her square white shoulders were particularly adorned by black.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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I am not particularly level-headed, and I have more than a grain in me.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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He is particularly civil to strangers, and this is his history--at least an episode of it.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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She was clever and vulgar and snobbish, and never so intensely British as when she was particularly foreign.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1