Particularly and Sort of

Particularly

Particularly adverb - In the specific case of one person or thing as distinguished from others.

Sort of is an antonym for particularly.

Sort of

Sort of adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: you've been acting sort of funny all week

Particularly is an antonym for sort of.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Trivially Obvious He didn't particularly enjoy it, but wanted to be nice, so he said "For people who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing that they would like."
  • Video Game / Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas A similar sort of thing seems to happen in areas with particularly steep hills, especially San Fierro.
  • In the film Hook, the titular character gets a particularly nice one that's sort of segmented: "Wah ha, wah ha, wah ha ha ha ha ha ha".
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