not particularly

phrase

: 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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Tulane and James Madison were not particularly close in their CFP games last season. Chris Vannini, New York Times, 6 July 2026 This has gotten easier as my career has progressed, but the roles popular culture can conceive of for South Asian women are not particularly exciting to me either — there is usually a sense of depth or humanity that people seem uncomfortable exploring. Supriya Ganesh, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 Google chose the hickory-proto open source Rust DNS library, which is not particularly optimized but has broad adoption and support. Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026 Most school boards create agendas and vote on a range of issues that are not particularly controversial, like whether the district will adopt an after-school program. Carrie Sampson, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026 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 Jul. 2026.

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