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adverb

Specially adv.

In a special manner; particularly; especially.

For a particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned.

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Etymology of 'Specially'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Specially" Quotes from Famous Books

... Macpherson, the new Chief Secretary for Ireland, posed specially yesterday for the Sunday Pictorial. He has a difficult task to ...

— Punch, Volume 156, January 22, 1919. • Various

... he echoed, with a glance of almost superhuman wisdom. "In coorse I know by the powers of obserwation. That old gal, Mrs Willis, is a good old thing—as good as gold. Vell, a good mother is always cocksure to 'ave a good darter—specially ven she's a only darter—so the mother o' Edie bein' good, Edie herself must be good, don't you see? Anythink as belonged to Mrs Willis can't help bein' good. I'm glad you took me to see her, doctor, for ...

— My Doggie and I • R.M. Ballantyne

... because infants, who have only begun to walk have not the capacity of doing it. It is evidently another principle which, availing itself of the knowledge which the person has previously acquired by experience, now uses it specially ...

— A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education • James Gall

... look with which the miller's man favored Abel was far from pleasant. But he controlled his voice to its ordinary drawl (always a little slower and more simple sounding, when he specially meant mischief). ...

— Jan of the Windmill • Juliana Horatia Ewing

... tell you exactly what I'm going to do," said Sally. "I'm going to start with a trip to Europe... France, specially. I've heard France well spoken of—as soon as I can get my passport; and after I've loafed there for a few weeks, I'm coming back to look about and find some nice cosy little business which will let me put money into it and keep me in ...

— The Adventures of Sally • P. G. Wodehouse

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