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- pronunciation:
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adverb |
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If you are particularly interested in reptiles, you are interested in them to a high degree and to a greater degree than other animals or things. "Particularly" has a meaning similar to "especially."
Logan likes all kinds of movies, but he particularly likes horror movies.Sara's mom was particularly worried about her dad driving home last night because it was snowing very hard.- similar words:
- especially
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If you choose red roses particularly, you choose red roses instead of any other flowers because of some special reason. Maybe you just like them best, for example. Or maybe you know they are someone's favorite. If you want to speak to some person particularly, you want to speak to that person and not really to any other person. Also, you have some reason why you want to speak to that person and no one else.
Because her favorite actor is in it, Mary wanted to see that movie particularly.We buy this kind of cat food particularly. It's the kind our vet said is best for our cat.- similar words:
- especially
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chiefly, much |
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