Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. To an extent or degree deserving of special emphasis; particularly.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an especial manner; particularly; principally; chiefly; peculiarly; specially; in reference to one person or thing in particular.
Wiktionary
- adv. manner In a special manner; specially
- adv. focus particularly; to a greater extent than is normal
- adv. focus Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a special manner
- adv. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
Etymologies
- especial + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Well, I'm going to steer clear of the predictions for full-fledged 'virtual reality' - I think those are probably way too far off to be realistic, especially as they were suggested in the 1980s and we've not gotten *especially* closer.”
“It is to be noted, that the apostle saith not, "Let the presbyters that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially because they labor in the word -- for then he should have pointed at the distinct offices of ministers;" but he saith, _especially they that labor_, which clearly carries the sense to the distinction of elders themselves, who have distinct employments.”
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
“Dreadful!" moaned Sister Ann. "Adnah goes about sighing all the day, and looks over-long in the mirror, and takes unseemly pains with her dressing, and does up her hair with flowers, and has feverishly pink cheeks, and likes to sit in a corner and brood, and takes long walks by herself, and especially, _especially_, seems fond of moonlight!”
“Most feminists I had come across, especially the ones close to my age (20s) are pro-porn (or at least, "pro free speech" to the point of being indifferent to porn) and are condescending to those of us who are against pornography - * especially* when someone, like me, is against porn because of her emotions and gut and has no educated, rational, research-backed reasons to give.”
“10, "For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision:" where _especially_ distinguishes”
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
“As for Antonio and Chick, much as they might support the concept of giving citywide electeds another term especially for controller and city attorneythey both know that the timing would be worse than awful for them to attempt to support such a measure at this time.”
“The three-letter “job,” with its can-do implications, also makes the term especially American.”
“Several poems compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight; wherein especially is contained a compleat discourse, and description of the four elements, constitutions, ages of man, seasons of the year.”
Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight
“In its narrow sense, the term especially refers to certain English fictions of the period from 1764 to 1820, with The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story by Horace Walpole as the herald, and Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin as the "terminator".”
“Konarka especially is about releasing press releases and not delivering anything.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘especially’.
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Especially
Being a list of words which have "especially" in their definitions.
wringing-machine, especially, device, field, scrip, hit, catch, take, buck, flip, effluvium, proselyte and 107 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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exemplifying
above all, chiefly, with attention to, especially, particularly, singularly, primacy, primarily, for instance, in particular, markedly, namely, and 42 more...
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Beknownst1981's list
I love words, especially the ones I make up with my friends.
translucent meat ..., beknownst (knew), plethora, curmudgeon, wanderlust, actually, differentiate, bearded, hobbit feet, female, sexy time, librarian and 220 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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GPaX. Words.
excogitate, clarity, obscurity, tangential, interesting, regurgitate, mycelium, degradation, unladen, swallow, klein, quote and 120 more...
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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Particularly
Being a list of words which have "particularly" in their definitions.
dicker, abuttal, especially, particularly, Mimnermus, ambiguity, erudition
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Lizbt's Words
monkey, kitten, puppy, computer, screen, dalek, tardis, cute, dark, cotton, chocolate, sunshine and 125 more...
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Most often mispronounced words
across, affidavit, antarctic, arctic, ask, athlete, barbiturate, barbed wire, business, cavalry, candidate, cardsharp and 50 more...
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words i hate
widget, catalyst, eloquent, itinerary, culinary, pervert, persistence, perspective, sledgehammer, dating, deity, dough and 13 more...
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OM1 Lesson 3
discount store, tire, chance, ad, advertisement, billboard, San Francisco, wonderful, fun, especially, crazy, squid and 8 more...
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