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Especially   /əspˈɛʃli/  /əspˈɛʃəli/   Listen
Especially

adverb
1.
To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common.  Synonyms: particularly, peculiarly, specially.  "A particularly gruesome attack" , "Under peculiarly tragic circumstances" , "An especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger"
2.
In a special manner.  Synonym: specially.



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"Especially" Quotes from Famous Books



... look like him, especially when he is waltzing: he has the same eyes. As for me, I don't like a man who looks like a priest. That is not saying anything against priests, my dear. In the first place, a man ought to have brown moustaches: without them he is not worth looking at. Have you seen my brother's ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 • Various

... told them all about Glinda, not forgetting to mention her beauty and goodness and her wonderful powers of magic. He also explained how the Royal Sorceress had sent him to Jinxland especially to help the strangers, whom she knew to be in danger because of the wiles of the cruel King and the ...
— The Scarecrow of Oz • L. Frank Baum

... is really quite simple. An aristocracy is a secret society; and this is especially so when, as in the modern world, it is practically a plutocracy. The one idea of a secret society is to change the password. Lady Grove falls naturally into a pure perversity because she feels subconsciously that the people of England can be more ...
— All Things Considered • G. K. Chesterton

... of it," he replied, "but I mean for music in general. Eloise is an accomplished pianist. She has one piece that Jewel especially enjoyed, the old Spring Song of ...
— Jewel's Story Book • Clara Louise Burnham

... angry; and though her words were respectful, she showed that she was much offended at the strange lady presuming to suspect anyone, especially one under ...
— The Stokesley Secret • Charlotte M. Yonge


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