not particularly（不太／並不特別）
把同一根「指出特別」的手指放到 not 後面，整句就翻面：與其抬高，不如說「它沒到那個特別的程度」。所以還是同一個 particularly，只是被 not 一擋，變成淡淡的否定。
not especially · r · B1
In 'not particularly', meaning not very or not especially.
不太 / 並不特別
核心畫面
You can picture particularly as a finger that points at one item in a row and says 'this one, more than the rest'. It lifts a single thing above the others, or pushes a quality past the usual level. The same pointing finger, put after 'not', does the opposite job: it says the thing falls short of that special level — 'not especially'.
可以把 particularly 想成一根手指，在一排東西裡指著其中一個說：「就這個，比其他的更甚。」它把某一樣東西…更多收起
可以把 particularly 想成一根手指，在一排東西裡指著其中一個說：「就這個，比其他的更甚。」它把某一樣東西從同伴裡抬高，或把某種程度推過平常的水準。同一根手指，擺到 not 後面就反過來做事：表示這東西「沒到那個特別的程度」——也就是「不太、並不特別」。From the picture
Also in this word
especially, more than usual · r · B1
More than usual, or more than other things.
特別 / 尤其
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
particularlyadv/pəˈtɪkjələli/
- 1
Especially, extremely.
- The apéritifs were particularly stimulating.
- We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.
- 2
To a great extent.
- 3
Specifically, uniquely or individually.
- But as the half progressed, Liverpool's pressure and high-tempo passing game increased United's frustration and it threatened to boil over on the stroke of half-time when Van Persie, who had already been booked, was involved in angry verbal exchanges with several Liverpool players, particularly Gerrard.
- [Montana Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all.
- 4
In detail; with regard to particulars.
- 'That is quite right,' agreed Myra. 'We allow the milkman to come in at the front gate and go to the side door, to save him carrying his can right round the other way. No one else came; I asked Chloe particularly.'
- 5
datedIn a particular manner; fussily.
- He, rather too particularly perhaps, avoids public company, and is the very reverse of a bon vivant.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。