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# singularly

«singularly» in Mova's school dictionary: **very, unusually or especially, often in a surprising way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Singularly means very, unusually or especially, often in a surprising way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#m1)

2) Singularly can also mean one at a time, separately, though «singly» is more common for this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly found in old books and formal writing: «a singularly ugly hat», «singularly unhelpful». Old-fashioned narrators in Alice and The Wind in the Willows use such words for a grand or funny tone. In maths, «singular» means one (singular and plural), but «singularly» almost always means «very».

### examples

- It was a singularly cold morning for June. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#x1)
- The Mole found the Wild Wood singularly unfriendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#x2)
- He was singularly unlucky with the weather on his holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#x3)
- The answer was singularly clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#x4)
- Toad was singularly pleased with himself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#x5)
- That was a singularly bad idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#x6)
- You seem to be a singularly thoughtless little girl." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/#x7)

### note

From «singular» (single, unusual). Formal and rather old-fashioned; in everyday speech say «very», «really» or «unusually». It does not mean «sadly» or «alone».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «singularly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/singularly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.