singularly

adverb

sin·​gu·​lar·​ly

: in a singular manner

potash, a singularly effective component of these fertilizers

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a woman of singularly frank temperament

—Robert Hichens

a singularly charming woman

—Rudyard Kipling

had first stood there so singularly, and vanished at the approach of strangers

—Thomas Hardy

majority of these high altitude birds are singularly voiceless

—Douglas Carruthers

Word History

Etymology

Middle English singulerly, from singuler singular + -ly

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