Singularly
['sɪŋɡjəlɚli]
Definition
(adv.) in a singular manner or to a singular degree; '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'.
Checker: Wayne--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one's statements; singularly considerate of others.
(adv.) Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly.
(adv.) So as to express one, or the singular number.
Typist: Melville
Examples
- Redwood lumber, being light in weight and singularly free from many of the defects so prevalent in other wood, is extremely easy to work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That is all; the other verses are singularly complimentary to Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In its incipience at least it is evident that the Royal Society was filled with the spirit of tolerance and co?pera tion, and was singularly free from the spirit of envy and faction. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But this year Shirley was to be with her, and that changed the aspect of the trial singularly--it changed it utterly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- From the time of leaving Cairo I was singularly unfortunate in not receiving dispatches from General Halleck. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Arab conquerors, however, s howed themselves singularly hospitable to the culture of the n ations over which they had gained control. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But in this respect he is singularly free, and his spells of anger are really few. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is singularly irrelevant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This little inn just opposite Armstrong's house is singularly adapted to our needs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This part of the Rhine, indeed, presents a singularly variegated landscape. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- No vegetation softened the nakedness of these rugged rocks, which, streaked with green, yellow, and red, presented a singularly forbidding appearance. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Now he saw the matter in a new light, and his part in it seemed singularly diminished. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- We are singularly rich in orthoptera: I don't know whether--Ah! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is one that piques me singularly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- On the contrary, your statement is singularly lucid. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I believe your father and mother were very happy in their married life, Maurice, but they were singularly unfortunate in the fate of their children. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was the traditional maidenly interrogation, and he felt ashamed of himself for finding it singularly childish. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She went to work at this business in a singularly cool, deliberate manner, like some surgeon practising with his scalpel on a lifeless subject. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had been singularly kind to her that day--not in phrase, compliment, profession, but in manner, in look, and in soft and friendly tones. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She had two successors: an Italian, Giacinta, and a German, Clara; both considered singularly handsome. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Many people are singularly like each other. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Observing that Clym appeared singularly interested Mrs. Yeobright said rather uneasily to Sam, You see more in her than most of us do. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Exercise had given a brilliant hue to her cheeks, and heightened the effect of her singularly transparent skin, and golden hair. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What a singularly deep impression her injustice seems to have made on your heart! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She was so singularly earnest that I drew back, almost afraid of her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The scene was singularly romantic. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I took a drink out of Ananias' well, and singularly enough, the water was just as fresh as if the well had been dug yesterday. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His attire was decent and clean; that of his children singularly neat. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Until that date the inventors had been singularly successful in keeping their experiments from public knowledge. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For that document, though replete with language, is singularly unacquainted with the forces that agitate the nation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Melville