specifically
- adverb
- /spəˈsɪfɪkli/
- I need to know specifically what time the meeting starts.
- more specifically
- specifically designed
- specifically focused
So lactose is a sugar that is specifically found in cow's milk.
- So lactose is a sugar that is specifically found in cow's milk.
- I use this shade specifically on my lips.
- How do you think China, specifically the CCP, thinks of Elon?
- No, I don't think that is specifically to do harm.
- And each sauce curated specifically for the Wings of Death.
- OK, and and specifically wives as well.
- OK, and and more specifically, one achieving it is hard.
- I like the oil paints specifically for scale.
- So he wrote a book specifically to or about Alexander.
Examples
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So tell us more specifically what your company does.
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Additionally, colleges and universities increasingly are developing and funding programs specifically aimed at student retention.
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Yes, but I did not know specifically where they were.
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And these questions are specifically for the boys.
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After I specifically asked you not to.
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I have come back specifically to help you solve your funds problem
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One, yes, the invitation specifically stated it was a wedding.
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John and Kathy specifically asked me to come back this year.
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So lactose is a sugar that is specifically found in cow's milk.
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In "Elements of the Interhuman," Buber focused specifically on his concept of "the Between."
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
In a completely correct way
Shows that something is more true of one person or thing than others
Antonyms
How Specific
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Specifically comes from specific, which comes from species meaning 'a particular kind' and the root spec- meaning 'to look', as in inspect. So, to say something specifically is to point to one exact thing or detail among others.