not particularly
idiom
: only a little : not very or not very much
He is not particularly good at math.
"Did you like the movie?" "No, not particularly."
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But the reality was that his highlights reel was short and not particularly sweet.
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James Pearce, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
The mobile home owners, many of whom paid multiple times that maximum buyout figure for their trailers — which are cemented into the ground and not particularly mobile — argue those sums, and the time they were given to find alternative housing, were insufficient.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
But some of the employees were not particularly shocked.
—Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
Development of the two latter categories is not particularly satisfactory, Hugo Boss conceded.
—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
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James Pearce, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
The mobile home owners, many of whom paid multiple times that maximum buyout figure for their trailers — which are cemented into the ground and not particularly mobile — argue those sums, and the time they were given to find alternative housing, were insufficient.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
But some of the employees were not particularly shocked.
—Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2025
Development of the two latter categories is not particularly satisfactory, Hugo Boss conceded.
—Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for not particularly
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“Not particularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20particularly. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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