singular
unusual or striking
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,117 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,379 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- unusual or striking also: remarkable a remarkable sightsuch poise is singular in one so young
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected also: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum a curious hybrid accenther speech has a funny twang
- being a single and separate person or thing can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind
- composed of one member, set, or kind
- grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
- the single one of its kind also: unique a singular examplethe unique existing example of Donne's handwriting
noun
- the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton also: singular form
singular 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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A singular smile curled M. de Tregars’ lips.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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I wondered what it was that had brought that singular expression to his face.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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It is quite singular that the guards and those who had conversed with him were not required to testify.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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It is singular that men should care about what comes after them, but I suppose it is human nature.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Still retaining his Zimmerman and his senses, he looked down and beheld the corniferous quadruped gamboling playfully round his singular asylum.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1