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View synonyms for especially

especially

[ ih-spesh-uh-lee ]

adverb

  1. Be especially watchful when you are out walking alone.

    I love spending time outdoors, especially on sunny days.

    Synonyms: notably, mainly, signally



especially

/ ɪˈspɛʃəlɪ /

adverb

  1. in particular; specifically

    for everyone's sake, especially your children's

  2. very much

    especially useful for vegans

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Usage Note

See special.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of especially1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; especial + -ly
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Synonym Study

Especially, chiefly, particularly, principally refer to those cases that seem to be significant. Especially and particularly single out the most prominent case or example (often in order to particularize a general statement): Winter is especially severe on old people. Corn grows well in the Midwest, particularly in Iowa. Chiefly and principally imply that the general statement applies to a majority of the cases in question and have a somewhat comparative force: Owls fly chiefly at night. Crime occurs principally in large cities.
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Example Sentences

The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.

It marked a groundbreaking moment in how the country viewed Jews, especially Jewish women.

Two factors made Hiram Revels especially interesting to the Washington establishment.

This is especially striking, though hardly surprising, in the case of Priebus, Mr. Outreach.

Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”

He distinguished himself in several campaigns, especially in the Peninsular war, and was raised to the rank of field marshal.

Individual samples may be slightly alkaline, especially after a full meal.

Undesirable inhabitants of the country are being sent away, especially the Japanese, who are more dangerous than the Chinese.

It is especially useful with cultures upon serum media, but is applicable also to the sputum.

From that region they issue to inflict diseases, especially blindness and deafness.

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