Meaning of especially in English

especially

adverb

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/ɪˈspeʃ.əl.i/ us

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/ɪˈspeʃ.əl.i/

(also specially)

very much; more than usual or more than other people or things:

She's not especially interested in sport.

I love Australian wines, especially the white wines.

for a particular reason:

I chose this especially for your new house.

They invited her to speak especially because of her experience in inner cities.

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Parents of young children often become depressed, and this is especially true of single parents.
This particular stretch of coast is especially popular with walkers.
This variety of rose is especially hardy and drought-resistant.
It's a pity you couldn't come - I especially wanted you to meet my friend Jo.

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Grammar

Especially or specially?

Especially and specially are adverbs. …

(Definition of especially from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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especially

adverb

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/ɪˈspeʃ·ə·li/

(used to emphasize the importance of one thing among others of its type or to point to one thing among others) very; particularly:

He was especially fond of his youngest brother.

She campaigned throughout the US, but especially in the northeast.

(Definition of especially from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of especially

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The plans sometimes symbolize more than they explain, especially where large black surfaces representing the earth graphically detract from our reading of space and form.

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First, the organic yields (especially the 2-year rotation) were lower than average yields in this area.

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It is especially worth noting that in the market, the price of organic food is at least twice that of food treated with chemicals.

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Sometimes, and with some letters (especially at the youngest age level), phonetic letter names are produced.

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In general, little is known about those living on the margins of society during this period, especially in the rural regions.

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In fact there is some evidence to suggest that they were able to exhibit a degree of compassion, especially if the victim requested mercy.

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In cases of physical violence especially, the court was not supposed to inquire into what had really happened during an incident.

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This is not easy especially for systems with more than one discontinuity surface, which is the case in their study.

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Would beginning farmer programs especially geared for small farms that supplied food locally increase interest in local food systems?

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The predominance of economic, especially macroeconomic, objectives in domestic financial liberalization has two main theoretical implications.

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This weakness depended in part on structural attributes, especially levels of electoral competition.

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Especially in less developed countries, research on ageing still tends to prejudge people's priorities and to focus narrowly on material outcomes.

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Diseases are consequently a potentially important contributor to yield collapse, especially as rapeseed area has tended to increase.

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Small squeeze and (especially) tighten basal segment tended to occur more often early in copulation.

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Equally, they themselves often echo managerial and union distinctions of male and female tasks, especially on the grounds of physical strength and strain.

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Translations of especially

in Chinese (Traditional)

特別，尤其，格外, 專門，特地…

Meaning of especially in English

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