particularly

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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.

1. Especially, extremely.

   “The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.”

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

2. To a great extent.
3. 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.”

   “[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.

   “'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. In a particular manner; fussily.

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