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Antonyms for specially

Grammar : Adv
Spell : spesh-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛʃ əl


Definition of specially

Origin :
  • early 13c., "better than ordinary," from Old French especial, from Latin specialis "individual, particular," from species "appearance, kind, sort" (see species). Meaning "marked off from others by some distinguishing quality" is recorded from c.1300. In Middle English, also as a noun meaning "sweetheart, lover." Meaning "special train" is attested from 1866. Special effects first attested 1951. Special interests in U.S. political sense is from 1910. Special pleading first recorded 1680s.
  • adv particularly
Example sentences :
  • What he specially disliked was that his master was a foreigner.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • It was Aldonza, however, who specially touched her feelings.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The unhappy woman, to whom I had specially come, was smitten indeed.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • To ascribe them specially to God would seem to us far-fetched.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • No one department of human effort is specially His, or is His special expression.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • A prudent person, lapsing into a dilemma, is specially discomfitted.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • They'll be on their mettle, the both of 'em, more 'specially Diablo.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Of his women friends he thought in a specially practical way.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The soul itself is only an aggregation of specially tenuous and subtle atoms.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • This is specially true of cedars and oaks, as well as of elms and maples.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright

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