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Etymology

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Fromespecial +‎-ly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/,/əˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/,/ɛsˈpɛʃ.(ə.)li/
  • (nonstandard, proscribed)IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/,/ɛkˈspɛʃ.(ə.)li/

Adverb

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especially (comparativemoreespecially,superlativemostespecially)

  1. (manner) In aspecialmanner;specially.
    He got up earlyespecially.
    • 1944 July and August,Railway Magazine, page 233, photo caption:
      L.N.E.R. class "Y6" 3 ft. 1 in. 0-4-0 steam tram locomotive No. 7133
      This locomotive, constructed at the Stratford works of the former Great Eastern Railway in 1897, was one of six which were built between 1883 and 1897especially to work the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.
  2. (focus)Particularly; to agreaterextent than isnormal.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page viii:
      There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
  3. (focus)Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
    Invite them all,especially Molly.
    • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursedespecially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page viii:
      There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.

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Translations

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particularly
in a special manner
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