Specialty
['speʃ(ə)ltɪ] or ['spɛʃəlti]
Definition
(n.) Particularity.
(n.) A particular or peculiar case.
(n.) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
(n.) That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is specially versed, or which he makes an object of special attention; a speciality.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Speciality.
Typist: Richard
Examples
- I should wish to make it an absolute specialty, but, of course, a man must take what he can get at first. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Redwood is also a specialty wood. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Judging merely by their general style, and without other evidence, one might easily suspect that self-righteousness was their specialty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The people in these old lands seem to make churches their specialty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These filagree things are Genoa's specialty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And Carry has promised to find somebody who wants a kind of social secretary--you know she makes a specialty of the helpless rich. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They say that each European town has its specialty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We have an inspector who makes a specialty of Saffron Hill and the Italian Quarter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Florence would foster this specialty of hers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In fact, I was a very poor sender, and therefore made the taking of press report a specialty. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nobody's heart is in the work very long; nobody's but those fanatical and morbid guardians of morality who make it a life's specialty. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Dirt, degradation and savagery are Endor's specialty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sliced bacon, fancy sausage and other specialties are usually packed in a separate room, into attractive cartons for the retail trade. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typed by Freddie