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UK
/ɪspˈɛʃəlˌi/
]
[ US /əˈspɛʃəɫi, əˈspɛʃɫi/ ]
[ US /əˈspɛʃəɫi, əˈspɛʃɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
he was particularly fussy about spelling
an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger
under peculiarly tragic circumstances
a particularly gruesome attack -
in a special manner
a specially arranged dinner
How To Use especially In A Sentence
- These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
- When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
- Butterflies enjoy the daisy family too, and there are a few that they especially love. Times, Sunday Times
- Certain animations are still a bit hitchy, especially involving Mayer's car, but there's still time to resolve those before release. AdventureGamers.com
- Naturally, this makes interpersonal relations, especially with societies unexposed to the advantages of the American lifestyle, a little difficult.
- Here in India, especially in relatively small cities like Dehra Doon, it feels like half magic a lot of the time and the only way to live through the muddles is to be determined to find them funny.
- He expressed his racial hatred for everyone, especially OBama making veiled death threats, spoke of other dangerous topics etc … and then offered to sell me a mosser rifle as he was buying a a whole shippment of them. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
- But after three consecutive nights of camping out I'd had enough, especially since the last had been spent near Verdun in Le Foret du Mort Homme, which translates as Dead Man's Forest.
- Egg-laying adults are especially active during bloom, a time period when insecticides should not be applied.
- The term aesthetics was coined in the eighteenth century by the German philosopher Alexander Baumgarten from the Greek word aisthetikos meaning “perceptive, especially by feeling”. MARKETING AESTHETICS