The Collaborative International Dictionary
Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, n.
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A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story.
Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal.
--Bacon.It is the greatest interest of particulars to advance the good of the community.
--L'Estrange. -
Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc. [Obs.]
For his particular I'll receive him gladly.
--Shak.If the particulars of each person be considered.
--Milton.Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public . . . or such as concern our particular.
--Whole Duty of Man. -
(Law) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; -- usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises.
The reader has a particular of the books wherein this law was written.
--Ayliffe.Bill of particulars. See under Bill.
In particular, specially; specifically; peculiarly; particularly; especially. ``This, in particular, happens to the lungs.''
--Blackmore.To go into particulars, to relate or describe in detail or minutely.
Wiktionary
adv. (context focus English) especially, individually or specifically.
WordNet
adv. specifically or especially distinguished from others; "loves Bach, particularly his partitas"; "recommended one book in particular"; "trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular" [syn: particularly]
Usage examples of "in particular".
When she and Midalis had announced their plans for this diversion to Pireth Dancard, the centaur, in particular, had howled in outrage, and had kept on howling until he got concessions from the pair that they would use all precautions here.
Several other men and women of Honce-the-Bear stood to the side with Bretherford, and one in particular seemed to stand above the others.
Westerners are intensely disturbed at the mere suggestion of an existence after death: devout Christians, in particular, react with an emotion akin to revulsion in spite of giving lip service to it in their religious beliefs.
I want to thank you, in particular, for recommending that we split the marines between us as we did.
Their light was still on, they were awake, talking, discussing something in whispers that Mama in particular was barely able to keep down, not angry, but urgent, excited almost.
Tess working on anything in particular prior to her death that would cause Jameson to go over the edge?
He knew all about Dowty switches and in particular about the one which had now let them down, and there was no problem at all in clearing it.