Adjective
1. unusual or striking;
"a remarkable sight""such poise is singular in one so young"2. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
"a curious hybrid accent""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;
"can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?""every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James4. grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
5. the single one of its kind;
"a singular example""the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting""a unique copy of an ancient manuscript""certain types of problems have unique solutions"