particularly

English

Alternative forms

• perticularly (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English particular

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English particularly

From particular + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈtɪkjələli/
  • (haplology) IPA^(key): /pəˈtɪkjəli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/

  • Audio (US):

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  • (US, r-dissimilation) IPA^(key): /pəˈtɪkjəlɚli/

Adverb

particularly (not comparable)

1. (focus) Especially, extremely.

   The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.

   • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:

     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.

2. (degree) To a great extent.
3. Specifically, uniquely or individually.
   • 2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:

     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.

   • 2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ‎^[1]:

     [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.

4. In detail; with regard to particulars.
   • 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:

     '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. (dated) In a particular manner; fussily.
   • 1825, Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes:

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

Synonyms

• (especially): above all, first and foremost, primarily; see also Thesaurus:above all
• (to a great extent): exceedingly, greatly: see also Thesaurus:very
• (specifically): in particular; see also Thesaurus:specifically
• (in detail): detailly, thoroughly; see also Thesaurus:completely
• (fussily): exacting, fastidiously, pedantically, pickily

Translations

especially

• Belarusian: у прыва́тнасці (u pryvátnasci)
• Bulgarian: особено (bg) (osobeno), специално (bg) (specialno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尤其 (zh) (yóuqí)

• Esperanto: precipe (eo)
• Finnish: erityisen (fi)
• French: particulièrement (fr)
• German: besonders (de)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉 (ussindō), 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (þishun)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἰδίως (idíōs)

• Icelandic: sérstaklega (is)
• Italian: in particolare, estremamente (it)
• Latin: praesertim, cumprīmē
• Māori: inarā, ina koa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i særdeleshet

• Polish: szczególnie (pl)
• Romanian: deosebit de, în special
• Russian: осо́бенно (ru) (osóbenno), в ча́стности (ru) (v částnosti)
• Spanish: particularmente (es)
• Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo)

Scots

Adverb

particularly

1. Particularly.