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Singularly

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Adverb

1. singularly

in a singular manner or to a singular degree

Example Sentences:
'Lord T. was considered singularly licentious even for the courts of Russia and Portugal; he acquired three wives and fourteen children during his Portuguese embassy alone'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Singularly

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adjective
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
noun
6. grammar
a. 
the singular number
b. 
a singular form of a word

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Singularly

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adjective
1. 
being the only one of its kind; single; unique
a singular specimen
2. 
exceptional; extraordinary; remarkable
singular beauty
3. 
peculiar; strange; odd
what a singular remark!
4.  Archaic
existing apart from others; separate; individual
5.  Grammar
designating or of the category of number that refers to only one person or thing
6.  Logic
of an individual or particular thing considered by itself
noun
7.  Grammar
a. 
the singular number
b. 
the singular form of a word
c. 
a word in singular form
8.  Logic
a thing considered apart from all others

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Singularly

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adj.
1. Being only one; individual; lone: a singular tree in the meadow.
2. Being the only one of a kind; unique: "Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared" (Barack Obama).
3.
a. Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable: "Dinners with [our two friends] became the evenings we looked forward to with singular pleasure" (David Halberstam).
b. Strange or unusual: "I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons" (Edgar Allan Poe).
4. Grammar
a. Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
b. Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.
5. Logic Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
n.
Grammar
1. The singular number or a form designating it.
2. A word having a singular number.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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