Specifically
[spɪ'sɪfɪkəlɪ] or [spə'sɪfɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) in distinction from others; 'a program specifically for teenagers'; 'he is interested specifically in poisonous snakes'.
Checker: Nellie--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a specific manner.
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Examples
- That the lower region of air is often more heated, and so more rarefied, than the upper; consequently, specifically lighter. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Generally speaking we do not suppose them specifically different; but only attribute to them different relations, connections and durations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- All these notes refer specifically to Electricity vs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are now specifically known by the name of the purpose to which they are applied, as air ship, ventilator, air brake, fan blower, air pistol, air spring, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is for the sciences to say what generalizations are tenable about the world and what they specifically are. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And the same is true of the qualities of character which we specifically designate virtues. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Not merely manual training specifically so called but many traditional kindergarten exercises have erred here. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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