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# uniquely

«uniquely» in Mova's school dictionary: **the only one of its kind, so nothing else is like it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (uniquely)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Uniquely means in a way that is the only one of its kind, so nothing else is like it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniquely/#m1)

2) Uniquely can mean especially or particularly, like «uniquely suited». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniquely/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science: fingerprints identify people uniquely; some animals live uniquely on one island. In maths: a number can be written uniquely as a product of primes. In persuasive writing: «uniquely designed».

### examples

- Each person's fingerprints identify them uniquely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniquely/#x1)
- Kangaroos are uniquely Australian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniquely/#x2)
- The kiwi bird is uniquely found in New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniquely/#x3)
- Every whole number above 1 can be written uniquely as a product of prime numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniquely/#x4)
- She is uniquely good at solving riddles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniquely/#x5)
- The cake was uniquely decorated for her birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniquely/#x6)

### note

From «unique», meaning one of a kind. Strictly, «unique» cannot be «very unique», but people say it. Sounds like «you-NEEK-lee».

### Trees and pragmatics

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