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care taken in keeping daily records. 4 fussy, meticulous,<br />

finicky, finical, fastidious, discriminating, selective,<br />

demanding, hypercritical, critical, Colloq pernickety or US also<br />

persnickety, choosy, picky: Daphne is very particular about<br />

whom she invites to dinner.<br />

--n. 5 Usually, particulars. detail, minutia, fine point, item,<br />

specific, element, fact, circumstance, information: <strong>The</strong><br />

particulars may never be revealed, but we know in general what<br />

took place that fateful night. 6 in particular. particularly,<br />

specifically, precisely, exactly, especially, specially;<br />

particular, specific, special, definite: I told mother that I<br />

was just going out, not anywhere in particular.<br />

particularly<br />

adv. 1 especially, specially, exceptionally, peculiarly,<br />

singularly, distinctively, uniquely, unusually, uncommonly,<br />

notably, outstandingly, markedly, extraordinarily, very,<br />

extremely, strikingly, surprisingly, amazingly: Susannah went<br />

through a particularly bad patch but she's better now. Holroyd<br />

is a good writer, particularly <strong>of</strong> biography. 2 in particular,<br />

specifically, especially, principally, mainly, exceptionally,<br />

expressly, explicitly, notably, markedly; only, solely:<br />

Maeterlinck was particularly interested in bees.<br />

parting n. 1 separating, splitting, dividing, breaking (up or apart),<br />

sundering, cleaving; separation, split, division, break-up,<br />

rift, rupture: <strong>The</strong> high point <strong>of</strong> the film was the parting <strong>of</strong><br />

the Red Sea. <strong>The</strong> parting between Harriet and Sam after twenty<br />

turbulent years was to be expected. 2 leave-taking, farewell,<br />

saying goodbye, departure, leaving, going (away), making one's<br />

adieus or adieux; valediction: Parting is such sweet sorrow.<br />

--adj. 3 closing, final, concluding, last, departing,<br />

valedictory; deathbed, dying: Her parting comment was, 'If<br />

you're leaving, take the rubbish'.<br />

partisan n. 1 partizan, devotee, follower, supporter, adherent, backer,<br />

champion, enthusiast, fan, zealot, fanatic, Chiefly US and<br />

Canadian booster, Colloq US rooter: He has long been a partisan<br />

<strong>of</strong> surrealism. 2 guerrilla or guerilla, freedom fighter,<br />

underground or resistance fighter, irregular: During the war<br />

the Yugoslav partisans were led by Marshal Tito.

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