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Singular   /sˈɪŋgjələr/   Listen
Singular

adjective
1.
Unusual or striking.  Synonym: remarkable.  "Such poise is singular in one so young"
2.
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.  Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy.  "Her speech has a funny twang" , "They have some funny ideas about war" , "Had an odd name" , "The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" , "Something definitely queer about this town" , "What a rum fellow" , "Singular behavior"
3.
Being a single and separate person or thing.  "Every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"
4.
Composed of one member, set, or kind.  Antonym: plural.
5.
Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit.  Antonym: plural.
6.
The single one of its kind.  Synonym: unique.  "The unique existing example of Donne's handwriting" , "A unique copy of an ancient manuscript" , "Certain types of problems have unique solutions"
noun
1.
The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton.  Synonym: singular form.  Antonym: plural.



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"Singular" Quotes from Famous Books



... as yet received no answer from his letter to Lord Liverpool, which is rather singular. The idea is very general that Canning will not go ...
— Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) - From the Original Family Documents • Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
... the trouble is, they do not want to farm and they are free to prefer the squalor of the slums to the green of the fields. Nor is there much hope that this singular but strong inclination can be overcome save by government regulation, which shall settle the matter of location for those who have no specific destination or occupation. It is probable that on this point some reasonable legislation could be secured; especially if the various ...
— Aliens or Americans? • Howard B. Grose
... the Doge Marino Faliero is one of the most remarkable events in the annals of the most singular government, city, and people of modern history. It occurred in the year 1355. Every thing about Venice is, or was, extraordinary—her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance. The story of this Doge is to be found in all her Chronicles, and particularly detailed ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 • Lord Byron
... make my business with you seem a little less singular, Mr. Kent," Meigs began, when Kent had passed his cigar-case and the attorney-general had apologized for a weak digestive tract. "On wholly divergent lines and from wholly different motives we are both working toward the same end, I believe, and it has occurred to me ...
— The Grafters • Francis Lynde
... contrast emphasize so strongly the moments of splendor that Irish landscape knows. One such moment Synge saw as he looked southward across the bay from the Dingle peninsula toward Killarney: "The blueness of the sea and the hills from Carrantuohill to the Skelligs, the singular loneliness of the hillside I was on, with a few choughs and gulls in sight only, had a splendor that was almost ...
— Irish Plays and Playwrights • Cornelius Weygandt


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