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Meanings of particularity in English

Portuguese
particularidade
Catalan
particularitat
Spanish
particularidad

The quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance.

particularidade
Usage of particularity in English
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It is not the pettiness, but the particularity, that makes them unpicturesque.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin...
2
We lack space to describe any but the most remarkable with particularity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 / A Magazin...
3
What are the employments of heaven we cannot know with any particularity.
The Elements of Character
4
He gives it chief place by position and by particularity of description.
Quiet Talks about Jesus
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A little particularity in the balance part of commerce serves to maintain friendships.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
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The particularity of this case was the presence of persistently elevated presepsin levels.
Pubmed
7
The Luxembourg gardens I have spoken of with some particularity in another place.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil / Its People and Literature, Its Life...
8
Wallace described all these moments of hesitation to me with the utmost particularity.
The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
9
And as to the identity of that jackass, there needs no further particularity.
The Red Axe
10
Then Villemet proceeded to execute his commission with all frigid politeness and particularity.
The French Prisoners of Norman Cross: A Tale
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Once this fear offered, I observed his conduct with sedulous particularity.
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
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That of sultan Achmet has this particularity, that its gates are of brass.
Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e / Written durin...
13
Yet each wants for identifying detail, each impresses as somehow unremarkable, lacking in particularity.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
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The second hour found him examining the equipment of the car with great particularity.
The War in the Air
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Then the attacks occur and each character responds to the catastrophe with troubled particularity.
The Guardian
16
His particularity in little things has often been commented on.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
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particularidade
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