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 polls suggest that Trump is not particularly popular in the region.
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Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Brock McGillis, who in 2016 became professional hockey's first out gay player, thinks the viral LGBTQ sports series is entertaining, but not particularly empowering.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
The plot of Wake Up Dead Man is fatally cluttered, and the story winds up in a blur of exposition that’s not particularly clever.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
The others are not particularly successful.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Not particularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20particularly. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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