Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a special manner; specifically; particularly; exceptionally; especially.
- For a particular reason or purpose; by special or exceptional action or proceeding: as, a meeting specially called; an officer specially designated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a special manner; particularly; especially.
- adverb For a particular purpose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb For a
special purpose. - adverb proscribed
extremely - adverb proscribed
in particular
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
- adverb in a special manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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I deserved such a distinction personally, for my own sake, and I was always wishing that my august friend would create a title specially in my favour.
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This is what I call the specially British form of [135] Quietism, or
Culture and Anarchy Matthew Arnold 1855
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I deserved such a distinction personally, for my own sake, and I was always wishing that my august friend would create a title specially in my favour.
Memoirs of Madame de Montespan — Complete Fran��oise-Ath��na��s de Rochechouart de Mortemart Montespan 1674
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I deserved such a distinction personally, for my own sake, and I was always wishing that my august friend would create a title specially in my favour.
Memoirs of Madame de Montespan — Volume 4 Fran��oise-Ath��na��s de Rochechouart de Mortemart Montespan 1674
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Most Dutch artists also created small paintings, often on copper plates for display in specially designed art cabinets.
Guggenheim Bilbao Shows Dutch Masterpieces Mariana Schroeder 2010
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First on my must-visit list was Fanfare/Ponent Mon, where I was able to pick up the second volume of A Distant Neighborhood, sent in specially to debut at the show.
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If all the black folks, be them specially from the south have no sense of what their peers went thru and still are, then I suggest they watch the movie, "Shinandoa" (hope I spelled it correctly) they would not be even close to be republicans, namely Michael Steel, the RCC. "republican commitee chairman", Ron Christie, republican analyst, and many other black men that are affilieated to their salve masters, if beyond comprehension.
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More specifically, the company grows genetically engineered microorganisms in specially designed bioreactors.
The first sentence I wrote today… ewillett 2009
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Those arrested are to be held in specially-constructed prison camps until such time as the required laws can be enacted to reintroduce capital punishment for Sedition, Treason and Saying Nasty Things About Gordon.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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Those arrested are to be held in specially-constructed prison camps until such time as the required laws can be enacted to reintroduce capital punishment for Sedition, Treason and Saying Nasty Things About Gordon.
Mass Arrests in Website Sting Operation Dungeekin 2009
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