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Pronunciation

• /pɚˈtɪkjəlɚli/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /pəˈtɪkjələli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pəˈtɪkjəlɚli/ US, r-dissimilation
• /pəˈtɪkjəli/ haplology

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.

Meanings

1. (focus, not-comparable) Especially, extremely.
   • We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. 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:
   • The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
   • 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. 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2021, page 1:
2. (not-comparable, qualifier:degree) To a great extent.
3. (not-comparable) Specifically, uniquely or individually.
   • 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. 2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2020:
   • [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 population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all. 2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2021:
4. (not-comparable) In detail; with regard to particulars.
   • '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.' 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
5. (dated, not-comparable) In a particular manner; fussily.
   • He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant. 1825, Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes:

Forms

Synonyms

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

Translations (26)

bg специално (especially) · got 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉 (especially) · it in particolare (especially) · be у прыва́тнасці (especially) · eo precipe (especially) · cmn 尤其 (especially) · got 𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (especially) · mi ina koa (especially) · is sérstaklega (especially) · ro în special (especially) · fi erityisen (especially) · ru осо́бенно (especially) · ro deosebit de (especially) · la cumprīmē (especially) · mi inarā (especially) · fr particulièrement (especially) · de besonders (especially) · la praesertim (especially) · grc ἰδίως (especially) · es particularmente (especially) · uk особли́во (especially) · pl szczególnie (especially) · it estremamente (especially) · ru в ча́стности (especially) · nb i særdeleshet (especially) · bg особено (especially)