English

Alternative forms

• perticularly (obsolete)

Adverb

particularly ‎(not comparable)

1. (focus) Especially, extremely.

   The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.‎

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     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, Phil McNulty, "", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     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.

4. In detail; with regard to particulars.

Scots

Adverb

particularly

1. Particularly.