especially

English

Etymology

especial +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈspɛʃ(ə)li/, /əˈspɛʃ(ə)li/, /ɛˈspɛʃ(ə)li/, X-SAMPA: /I"spES(@)li/, /@"spES(@)li/, /E"spES(@)li/

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• (Midwestern American English) IPA: /ɛkˈspɛʃli/, X-SAMPA: /Ek"spESli/

Adverb

especially (comparative more especially, superlative most especially)

1. (manner) In a special manner; specially
2. (focus) particularly; to a greater extent than is normal
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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 everyone, especially Molly.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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.

Related terms

• especial
• special
• specialist
• specialty

Translations

particularly

• Arabic: خصوصا (ar) (khuSuuSan), خاصةً (ar) (khaaSSatan)
• Catalan: sobretot (ca), especialment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特別 (cmn), 特别 (cmn) (tèbié)

• Czech: obzvlášť (cs)
• Dutch: vooral (nl)
• Esperanto: precipe (eo)
• Finnish: erityisesti (fi), varsinkin (fi), etenkin (fi)
• French: spécialement (fr), particulièrement (fr), surtout (fr)
• German: besonders (de)
• Guernésiais: supareillement
• Hindi: ख़ास तौर पर (hi) (xās taur par)
• Italian: specialmente (it)
• Japanese: 特別 (ja) (とくべつ, tokubetsu), 特に (ja) (とくに, toku-ni)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بەتایبەتی (ku) (betaybeti)

• Latin: maxime (la)
• Luxembourgish: besonnesch (lb)
• Norwegian: spesielt
• Persian: مخصوصاً (fa) (maxsusan)
• Polish: szczególnie (pl)
• Portuguese: especialmente (pt)
• Romanian: mai ales (ro)
• Russian: особенно (ru) (osóbenno)
• Serbo-Croatian: posebice (sh), osobito (sh), naročito (sh)
• Slovene: posébej (sl)
• Spanish: especialmente (es)
• Swedish: särskilt (sv)
• Telugu: ప్రత్యేకించి (pratyEkiMchi)
• Urdu: خاص طور پر (ur) (xās taur par)

in a special manner

• Finnish: erityisesti (fi)
• French: spécialement (fr)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌شێوه‌یه‌کی تایبه‌تی (ku) (be sheweyeki taybetí)

• Norwegian: spesielt

• Polish: szczególnie (pl)
• Portuguese: especialmente (pt)
• Russian: особенно (ru) (osóbenno)
• Spanish: especialmente (es)
• Telugu: మరీ ముఖ్యంగా (maree mukhyaMgaa)

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• Interlingua: specialmente
• Slovak: najmä
• Vietnamese: đặc biệt là

See also

• esp

Statistics

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