special
/ˈspeʃ·əl/ adj (NOT USUAL)Definition
› not ordinary or usual: a special occasion special attention/treatment The car has a number of special safety features. Is there anything special you’d like to do today? The magazine published a special anniversary issue. › Special can also mean unusually great or important: You’re very special to me.
(Definition of special adj (NOT USUAL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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