Especial
[ɪ'speʃ(ə)l;e-]
Definition
(adj.) surpassing what is common or usual or expected; 'he paid especial attention to her'; 'exceptional kindness'; 'a matter of particular and unusual importance'; 'a special occasion'; 'a special reason to confide in her'; 'what's so special about the year 2000?' .
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Definition
(a.) Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Particular, principal, chief, special.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SPECIAL]
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Definition
adj. special: particular: principal: distinguished.—adv. Espec′ially.—In especial in particular.
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Examples
- One thing I leave in your especial care, she said, the night before she left. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And this, in especial, is the valiant Knight who fought so bravely for the deliverance of him for whom we this day mourn. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But when the new element requires especial attention, random reaction is the sole recourse unless abstraction is brought into play. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mrs. Gummidge, no longer moping in her especial corner, was busy preparing breakfast. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This separation, if valid, is of especial significance for education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Nearly a hundred species of brushes might be enumerated, each having an especial construction for a particular use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The tent is for your especial benefit and that oak is your drawing room, this is the messroom and the third is the camp kitchen. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- All of the parts of the bicycle have come in for a share of attention at the hands of inventors, differential speed gears and brakes having received especial attention. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Captain Dobbin was an especial favourite of this old General. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But it will be her especial pleasure, answered Elgitha, with great readiness, for she is ever desirous to hear the latest news from Palestine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This repulsive pillow was her especial property, being used as a weapon of defense, a barricade, or a stern preventive of too much slumber. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Above all I must guard those entrusted by nature and fate to my especial care. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- As no one present takes any especial interest in Mr. Guppy's dreams, the probability is not pursued. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was bowed down by no especial grief, and rather solemn than sorrowful. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It expressed the idea now conveyed by method of trial and error, with especial emphasis upon the more or less accidental character of the trials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Pesca was one of her especial favourites and his wildest eccentricities were always pardonable in her eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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