singularly
/ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
In the singular number; in terms of a single thing.
Example Sentences
- "He behaved most singularly when we met him last night."
- "I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal decay, this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousand years."
- ""There were scraps of verse. I do not profess to be a judge of such things, but they appeared to me to be singularly wanting in merit.""
- "A vast number of Iranians will singularly hold Ayatollah Khamenei, who first became leader in 1989, responsible for setting Iran on a collision course with Israel and the US that ultimately brought considerable ruin to his country and people."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɪŋɡjəlɚli/
- British English: /ˈsɪŋɡjʊləli/
Inflected Forms
more singularly (comparative)
most singularly (superlative)