in particular
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English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (focus) Especially, individually or specifically.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:specifically
Antonyms
[edit]- in general; see also Thesaurus:generally
Translations
[edit]especially, individually or specifically
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