adverb
- To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common.
- usage: "he was particularly fussy about spelling"; "a particularly gruesome attack"; "under peculiarly tragic circumstances"; "an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger"
- synonyms: peculiarly, especially, specially
- Specifically or especially distinguished from others.
- usage: "loves Bach, particularly his partitas"; "recommended one book in particular"; "trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular"
- synonyms: in particular
- Uniquely or characteristically."these peculiarly cinematic elements"; "a peculiarly French phenomenon"; "everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him- John Knowles
- synonyms: peculiarly
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