singularly
15
6.4
- adverb
- /ˈsɪŋɡjələrli/
:
especialmente
- The author's style is singularly unique, setting her apart from her contemporaries.
- singularly important
- singularly incapable
- singularly difficult
In fact, it seems a singularly exclusive lens.
- In fact, it seems a singularly exclusive lens.
- And President Obama made a singularly important decision.
- And this is singularly crystallized in natural law.
- And I was, I was singularly focused on that.
- They are both singularly devoted to maintaining power.
- I do not know the rules and laws of their society, but I suspect they were singularly few.
- Nick Kroll is singularly focused on doing a great job in this viral video.
- They are so singularly focused on the maintenance of their grandiose self, staving off threats, seeking out supply.
- Justin Welby has been singularly silent to speak up for the persecuted church.
Examples
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Oh, but that is singularly easy.
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Last night, I experienced something new, an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source.
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And I was, I was singularly focused on that.
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The money in politics issue is singularly significant.
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And President Obama made a singularly important decision.
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It's as soon as you go in, you know that it's a place devoted singularly to knowledge and education.
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Their priorities are singularly focused on their own issues.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are singularly honored tonight.
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The life of Eduardo Mondlane is indeed singularly rich in experience.
Academic text (1992) -
Daphne had told me he was singularly unimpressed with her academic achievements.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
184
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
172
2.8
In a way that is very surprising and hard to believe
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
107
3.7
In a way that is very surprising or seems impossible
106
3.3
More than normal or expected
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
22
4.6
In a way that is very easy to notice
21
4.0
In a way that makes people very surprised
17
5.2
To a very great degree
10
5.3
To a much higher level than usual
8
5.6
In a way that makes people feel very surprised
How Remarkable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Singularly comes from singular, a word that means 'one' or 'unusual' and has the same root as single, so imagine one thing standing apart from the rest. So, singularly means 'in a very noticeable or unusual way'.