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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Plaza deploys her characteristic sardonic edge to good effect though the character is not particularly well-served by the story.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
Public profanity in politics is not particularly unusual.
—CBS News, 13 May 2024
Seek Compromise Okay, not a bad answer, but not particularly surprising.
—Aj Jacobs, TIME, 13 May 2024
What This Means For You Experts are not particularly worried about the KP.2 variant and more than other forms of COVID.
—Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 8 May 2024
Episode 1 Coyotes Coyotes, the wolf-adjacent animals that are prevalent in the greater L.A. area, are not particularly well liked by Angelenos, especially those who have dogs and fear the animals will attack their pets.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
In all of our working with him, Steve was not particularly interested in 2 things the music industry as a whole is obsessed with — credit and money.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
The engine sound is noticeable but not particularly appealing when accelerating enthusiastically.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
The survey found that college students are not particularly antisemitic, as measured by agreement with such traditional tropes as that Jews have too much power and are unfair business competitors.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
Public profanity in politics is not particularly unusual.
—CBS News, 13 May 2024
Seek Compromise Okay, not a bad answer, but not particularly surprising.
—Aj Jacobs, TIME, 13 May 2024
What This Means For You Experts are not particularly worried about the KP.2 variant and more than other forms of COVID.
—Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 8 May 2024
Episode 1 Coyotes Coyotes, the wolf-adjacent animals that are prevalent in the greater L.A. area, are not particularly well liked by Angelenos, especially those who have dogs and fear the animals will attack their pets.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
In all of our working with him, Steve was not particularly interested in 2 things the music industry as a whole is obsessed with — credit and money.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
The engine sound is noticeable but not particularly appealing when accelerating enthusiastically.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
The survey found that college students are not particularly antisemitic, as measured by agreement with such traditional tropes as that Jews have too much power and are unfair business competitors.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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“Not particularly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20particularly. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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