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# particularly

adverb (particularly)

«particularly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Especially; more than usual or more than others: I particularly like apples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#m1)
2. In detail or carefully, as in «she looked at it particularly» (old-fashioned). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#m2)
3. «Not particularly» means not very, or not really: "Are you hungry?" "Not particularly." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#m3)

### In the lessons

Writers use it to pick out one thing from a group or to make a feeling stronger: «It was particularly cold that night». In science reports: «The plant grew particularly well in sunlight». In polite and formal speech it softens an answer: «not particularly». It does not change any number in a maths problem, but may point to the item that matters. Phrases: «particularly good», «not particularly», «particularly when/if».

### Examples

- I particularly enjoyed the trip to the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x1)
- The bridge is particularly slippery when it rains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x2)
- "Did you like the film?" "Not particularly." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x3)
- The second question was particularly hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x4)
- Bees particularly like purple flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x5)
- Be particularly careful near the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x6)
- He's not particularly fond of broccoli. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x7)
- It was a particularly windy day at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x8)
- "I find it particularly good myself." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/#x9)

### Note

Spelling trap: particul-AR-ly — there is an «ar» before «ly»; many pupils write «particulary» or «particually». Comes from «particular». Similar words: especially, notably, specially. «Not particularly» is a soft, polite «no».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «particularly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«particularly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/particularly.html) on Mova free.