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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Costas Panagopoulos, political scientist at Northeastern University, told Newsweek the poll is not particularly surprising.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Living like a gentleman on the income from a not particularly prosperous parish, like her father did, involved a certain amount of keeping up appearances.
—Lucy Worsley
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Golden State was swept in the regular season series by Minnesota in games that were not particularly close.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
By contrast, the Brazilian right is fragmented (at least four parties claim a conservative identity in the Brazilian Congress) and not particularly beholden to Bolsonaro.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Living like a gentleman on the income from a not particularly prosperous parish, like her father did, involved a certain amount of keeping up appearances.
—Lucy Worsley
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Golden State was swept in the regular season series by Minnesota in games that were not particularly close.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
By contrast, the Brazilian right is fragmented (at least four parties claim a conservative identity in the Brazilian Congress) and not particularly beholden to Bolsonaro.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Time, 12 Sep. 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 19 Sep. 2025.
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