especially

English

Alternative forms

• esp., esp

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

especial +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈspɛʃ(ə)li/, /əˈspɛʃ(ə)li/, /ɛˈspɛʃ(ə)li/

• Audio (US):

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• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈspɛʃ(ə)li/

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[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →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.

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     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, cursed especially 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, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →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.

Synonyms

• (special manner):
• (particularly): in particular; see also Thesaurus:specifically
• (emphasis): first and foremost; see also Thesaurus:above all

Related terms

• especial
• special
• specialist
• specialty
• 'specially

Translations

particularly

• Arabic: خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan), خَاصَّةً (ḵāṣṣatan), وَلَا سِيَّمَا (walā siyyamā)
• Bashkir: айырыуса (ayırıwsa), бигерәк тә (bigerək tə)
• Belarusian: асаблі́ва (asablíva)
• Bulgarian: осо́бено (bg) (osóbeno)
• Catalan: sobretot (ca), especialment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特別／特别 (zh) (tèbié), 特别 (zh) (tèbié)

• Czech: obzvlášť
• Danish: særligt, specielt, især
• Dutch: vooral (nl)
• Esperanto: precipe (eo)
• Estonian: eriliselt, eriti (et)
• Finnish: erityisesti (fi), varsinkin (fi), etenkin (fi)
• French: spécialement (fr), particulièrement (fr), surtout (fr), en particulier (fr)
• Galician: especialmente (gl)
• German: besonders (de)
• Greek: ειδικά (el) (eidiká)

  Ancient: ἄλλως τε καί (állōs te kaí)

• Hindi: ख़ास तौर पर (xās taur par)
• Hungarian: különösen (hu)
• Irish: go háirithe
• Italian: specialmente (it), soprattutto (it)
• Japanese: 特別（に） (とくべつ（に）, tokubetsu (ni)), 特に (ja) (とくに, toku ni)
• Korean: 특히 (ko) (teukhi), 특별히 (ko) (teukbyeolhi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: maxime (la)
• Luxembourgish: besonnesch
• Maori: inarā
• Norman: supareillement (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spesielt (no), i særdeleshet

  Nynorsk: spesielt

• Old English: swīþost
• Persian: مخصوصاً (fa) (maxsusan)
• Polish: szczególnie (pl), zwłaszcza (pl), w szczególności (pl)
• Portuguese: especialmente (pt), sobretudo (pt)
• Romanian: mai ales
• Russian: осо́бенно (ru) (osóbenno)
• Scots: maistly
• Serbo-Croatian: posebice (sh), osobito (sh), naročito (sh)
• Slovene: posébej
• Spanish: especialmente (es), sobre todo
• Swedish: särskilt (sv), speciellt (sv)
• Telugu: ప్రత్యేకించి (pratyēkiñci)
• Turkish: özellikle (tr)
• Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo)
• Urdu: خاص طور پر (xās taur par)

in a special manner

• Belarusian: асаблі́ва (asablíva)
• Catalan: especialment (ca)
• Finnish: erityisesti (fi)
• French: spécialement (fr)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Norwegian: spesielt (no)
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• Polish: szczególnie (pl)
• Portuguese: especialmente (pt)
• Romanian: în special, în mod special
• Russian: осо́бенно (ru) (osóbenno)
• Spanish: especialmente (es), máxime
• Telugu: మరీ ముఖ్యంగా (marī mukhyaṅgā)
• Ukrainian: особли́во (osoblývo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} specialmente
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} najmä
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} đặc biệt là

See also

• esp