# particularly

Pronunciation: US say "pur-TIK-yuh-lur-lee" /pɚˈtʰɪkjəlɚli/; UK say "puh-TIK-yuh-luh-lee" /pəˈtʰɪkjələli/

## Adverb

1. Especially, or to a greater degree than usual or than in other cases.
   - Simple: Especially, or more than usual.
   - _The lecture was particularly dense, even for a graduate seminar._
   - _Traffic gets particularly bad around the holidays._
2. Specifically and individually, with reference to one person or thing alone rather than to others or to a group in general.
   - Simple: In a way that points to one person or thing and not the others.
   - _She particularly asked that her name be left out of the report._
   - _When she complained about careless drivers, she said she did not mean anyone particularly, only drivers in general._
3. In detail, dealing with each of the individual facts, points, or items involved.
   - Simple: In a way that gives every small detail.
   - _A search warrant must particularly describe the place to be searched and the things to be seized._
   - _Because the request did not particularly describe the documents it sought, the court refused to order the company to hand them over._

## Adverb

4. In a fussy or finicky manner; with exacting attention to small details of how things are done. *(dated)*
   - Simple: In a fussy way, caring a lot about small things.

## Origin

Formed from "particular" combined with the suffix "-ly".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/particularly (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).