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Usually vs Particularly - What's the difference?

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As adverbs the difference between usually and particularly

is that usually is most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally while particularly is especially, extremely.

usually

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
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  • *:He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend?; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,.
  • Under normal conditions.

    • Synonyms

    * (most of the time) generally, mainly, commonly, regularly, mostly, on the whole, in the main, for the most part, by and large, most often, ordinarily, wontedly * (under normal conditions) customarily, habitually, wontly, normally, routinely, as a rule

    Related terms

    * use

    particularly

    English

    Alternative forms

    * perticularly (obsolete)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (focus) Especially, extremely.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly' damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • (degree) To a great extent.
  • Specifically, uniquely or individually.
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
    • But as the half progressed, Liverpool's pressure and high-tempo passing game increased United's frustration and it threatened to boil over on the stroke of half-time when Van Persie, who had already been booked, was involved in angry verbal exchanges with several Liverpool players, particularly Gerrard.
  • In detail; with regard to particulars.
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