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Definition of "in particular" []

  • Especially, individually or specifically (adverb)

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Use "in particular" in a sentence
  • "In the bright light, I sat on the edge of a packing crate and went through the police reports one by one, concentrating in particular on those prepared by Lutz as the detective responsible for the investigation into Grace Peltier's death."
  • "The quality of sensation, it is said, is determined largely by the character of our nervous system, and in particular by the end-organs of the different senses."
  • "If we call a retreat a series of days passed in solitude and consecrated to practices of asceticism, in particular to prayer and penance, it is as old as Christianity."
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