particular

/pər-ˈti-kyə-lər/

Middle English particuler, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin particularis, from Latin particula small part

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or being a single person or thing

  2. of, relating to, or concerned with details

  3. distinctive among other examples or cases of the same general category : notably, unusual

the particular person I had in mind

circumstantial minute particular detailed mean dealing with a matter fully and usually point by point. circumstantial implies fullness of detail that fixes something described in time and space. minute implies close and searching attention to the smallest details.

noun

  1. an individual fact, point, circumstance, or detail

  2. a specific item or detail of information —usually used in plural

  3. an individual or a specific subclass (as in logic) falling under some general concept or term

a hero in every particular

item detail particular mean one of the distinct parts of a whole. item applies to each thing specified separately in a list or in a group of things that might be listed or enumerated. detail applies to one of the small component parts of a larger whole such as a task, building, painting, narration, or process.