Particularly
Particularly adverb - In the specific case of one person or thing as distinguished from others.
Rather is an antonym for particularly.
Rather
Rather adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: I say, don't you think that's rather expensive for a hamburger?
Particularly is an antonym for rather.
Both words in one sentence
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Anyway, this is evident from the use of alternate names for places, particularly Reme rather than Rome, and mentioning that Venus has a moon named Adonis.
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The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest isn't known for being particularly good or particularly bad — rather, it is best known for being flabbergastingly long.
Source: Dancing Bear -
Nixon's wife, rather than use any particularly offensive term, instead refers to Black Dynamite by the weirdly archaic "moon cricket".
Source: Film / Black Dynamite
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