particularly

Adverb

Meaning

In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly.

In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

in particular especially primarily greatly specially exceedingly peculiarly above all ultra especial real very mainly mostly extremely

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Antonyms

just little likely comparatively mostly commonly

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Phrases with the word

not particularly particularly sophisticated particularly developed for particularly fitted for more particularly particularly adapted for

Examples

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer. Pablo Picasso

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible. John Steinbeck

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf. Bertrand Russell

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. Samuel Johnson

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter. Katharine Hepburn

Close letter words and terms

particularized particularizer particularizingly particularly acute particularly adapted for particularly created for