Singularly
adv ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Strangely; oddly.
"He behaved most singularly when we met him last night."
- 2 Extremely; remarkably.
"I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal decay, this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousand years."
- 3 In the singular number; in terms of a single thing.
- 4 solely; only; uniquely
"A vast number of Iranians will singularly hold Ayatollah Khamenei, who first became leader in 1989, responsible for setting Iran on a collision course with Israel and the US that ultimately brought considerable ruin to his country and people."
- 1 in a singular manner or to a singular degree wordnet
Example
More examples"Our attitude toward plants is singularly narrow."
Etymology
From Middle English singulerly; equivalent to singular + -ly.
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