singularly
English
Etymology
From singular + -ly.
Pronunciation
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Adverb
singularly (comparative more singularly, superlative most singularly)
- Strangely; oddly.
- He behaved most singularly when we met him last night.
- Extremely; remarkably.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
- 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.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
- In the singular number; in terms of a single thing.
References
- singularly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.