singularly
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gyə adjective
1.
extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
2.
unusual or strange; odd; different: singular behavior.
3.
being the only one of its kind; distinctive; unique: a singular example.
4.
separate; individual.
5.
Grammar. noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number found in many languages that indicates that a word form has one referent or denotes one person, place, thing, or instance, as English boy and thing, which are singular nouns, or goes, a singular form of the verb go. Compare dual ( def 4 ), plural ( def 4 ).
6.
Logic.
a.
of or pertaining to something individual, specific, or not general.
b.
(of a proposition) containing no quantifiers, as “Socrates was mortal.”
7.
Mathematics.
a.
of or pertaining to a linear transformation from a vector space to itself that is not one-to-one.
b.
of or pertaining to a matrix having a determinant equal to zero.
8.
Obsolete, private.
9.
Obsolete, single.
noun Grammar.
10.
the singular number.
11.
a form in the singular.
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Singularly
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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singular (ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | remarkable; exceptional; extraordinary: a singular feat |
| 2. | unusual; odd: a singular character |
| 3. | unique |
| 4. | denoting a word or an inflected form of a word indicating that not more than one referent is being referred to or described |
| 5. | logic of or referring to a specific thing or person as opposed to something general |
| —n | |
| 6. | grammar |
| a. the singular number | |
| b. a singular form of a word | |
| [C14: from Latin singulāris | |
| 'singularly | |
| —adv | |
| 'singularness | |
| —n | |
| singular (ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | remarkable; exceptional; extraordinary: a singular feat |
| 2. | unusual; odd: a singular character |
| 3. | unique |
| 4. | denoting a word or an inflected form of a word indicating that not more than one referent is being referred to or described |
| 5. | logic of or referring to a specific thing or person as opposed to something general |
| —n | |
| 6. | grammar |
| a. the singular number | |
| b. a singular form of a word | |
| [C14: from Latin singulāris | |
| 'singularly | |
| —adv | |
| 'singularness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
singular
mid-14c., "alone, apart," from O.Fr. singuler "single, separate" (Fr. singulier), from L. singularis "single, solitary," from singulus (see single (adj.)). Meaning "remarkably good, unusual, rare" is from c.1400, though this was a common meaning of L. singularis.
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Example sentences
He used singularly awkward, almost absurd, up-and-down and sidewise movements of his body to give emphasis to his arguments.
Deceptively simple in plot and singularly musical in its voice, it is a study of the place where our past becomes our present.
The well-conditioned thin are made furious by the fatties-the abstemious being singularly disposed to fury.
His third directorial try subsequently sealed his reputation as a singularly gifted musical director.
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